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16 Cards in this Set
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organ |
structure made up of two or more kinds of tissue and is organized to perform a more complex function than just one type of tissue. |
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system |
a group of organs that together perform a more complex function than does one organ |
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intergumentary system |
includes only one organ - skin; also hair, nails, microscopic sense receptors, sweat glands, oil glands. PROTECTION; REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS OF CHEMICALS; SENSE ORGAN |
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skeletal system |
Bones, cartilage - 206 individually named bones; SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK FOR BODY; PROTECTION OF BRAIN AND ORGANS; MOVEMENT; STORAGE OF MINERALS; FORMATION OF BLOOD CELLS |
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ligaments |
bands of connective tissue that help hold bones together |
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joints |
connections between two or more bones |
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muscular system |
muscles:; striated (voluntary) skeletal muscle, smooth (involuntary) muscle tissue in walls of some organs, cardiac muscle; MOVEMENT, MAINTENANCE OF BODY POSTURE; PRODUCTION OF HEAT |
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skeletomuscular system |
combination of the skeletal and muscular systems |
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nervous system |
brain, spinal cord (CNS), cranial nerves, spinal nerves, sense organs (PNS); COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BODY ORGANS, INTEGRATION OF BODY FUNCTIONS; CONTROL OF BODY FUNCTIONS; RECOGNITION OF SENSORY STIMULI |
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;endocrine system |
pituitary gland, pineal gland, hypothalamus, thyroid gland, adrenal glands, pancreatic islets, ovaries, testes; regulates internal environment by secreting hormones -- communication and control |
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circulatory system |
heart, arateries, veins, capillaries; TRANSPORTATION, REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE; IMMUNITY |
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lymphatic system |
lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes and tonsils, thymus, spleen, red bone marrow; TRANSPORTATION OF LYMPH, IMMUNITY |
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respiratory system |
nose, pharnyx, larnyx, trachea, bronchi, lungs; EXCHANGE OF WASTE GAS FOR OXYGEN, FILTRATION, REGULATE ACID-BASE BALANCE |
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digestive system |
Primary - mouth, pharnyx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, retum, anal canal; Accessory - teeth, salivary glands, tongue, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, appendix; DIGESTION OF FOOD, ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, APPENDIX HOLDS BACTERIA TO ASSIST DIGESTION |
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urinary system |
kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra; CLEARING BLOOD OF WASTE PRODUCTS THROUGH URINE, ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, WATER BALANCE, ACID-BASE BALANCE |
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reproductive system |
male gonads (testes), vasdeferens, urethra, prostate, penis, scrotum female - gonads (ovaries), uterus, uterine tubes, vagina, vulva, mammary glands SURVIVAL OF GENES, PRODUCTION OF SEX CELLS, TRANSFER AND FERTILIZATION OF SEX CELLS, DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH, NOURISHMENT OF OFFSPRING, PRODUCTION OF SEX HORMONES |
