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22 Cards in this Set
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Integumentary
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Forms the external body covering. Includes the skin, hair, nails, & sweat and oil glands. It protects the deeper tissues from injury, helps regulate body temperature. It is also the location of cutaneous nerve receptors.
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Skin
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Skeletal
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This system protects and supports body organs. It provides muscle attachment for movement. It is the site of blood cell formation. It helps to store minerals. It includes bones and ligaments. Bone marrow is where red blood cells are made. Ligaments connect bone to bone; tendons connect muscles to bones.
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Bones
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Muscular
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This system helps to maintain posture, produce heat, and consists of muscles and tendons. Muscles produce movement. Muscles only pull and push, they don't contract.
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Muscles
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Nervous
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This is the fast acting control system. It helps to respond to internal and external changes. It activates muscles and glands. Glands release hormones. It consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
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Brain and spinal cord
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Cardiovascular
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Includes heart and blood vessels. It also includes arteries, capillaries and veins. Blood helps to transplant oxygen, nutrients and hormones.
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Heart
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Digestive
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This system receives food, helps to break down food into usable molecules, and Eliminates waste. It includes the mouth, tongue, teeth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, & small and large intestines. The pancreas helps release insulin and controls blood sugar; if it's not working correctly, it could cause diabetes
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Respiratory
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This system exchanges gases between the air and blood. It includes nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.
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Lungs
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Lymphatic
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This system is composed of lymphatic vessels, lymph fluid, lymph nodes, thymus gland, and spleen. It defends the body against disease causing agents
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Lymph nodes
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Urinary
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This system filters waste from the blood and helps maintain water, acid-base, and electrolyte balance. It includes the kidneys, uterus, urinary bladder, and urethra.
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Pee
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Endocrine
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Secrets regulatory hormones, such as growth, reproduction, and metabolism hormones. It includes the pituitary glands (in charge of growth), thyroid gland (Controls metabolism. If your metabolism is underactive you gain weight and if it's over active you lose weight), adrenal glands (contain adrenaline), pancreas (makes insulin), and testes/ovaries
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Hormones
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Reproductive
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The system is used to produce new organisms. In the male, it includes testes, penis, and sperm. In the female, it includes ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and the egg.
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Anatomical position
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The body is a erect with feet together. The arms are at side with palms facing forward. Thumbs are pointed away from the body. This position is the common visual reference point.
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Superior/cranial
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Towards the head or upper part of the structure or the body; above
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Opposite of inferior/caudal
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Inferior/caudal
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Away from head and or toward the lower part of the structure or the body; below
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Opposite of superior/Cranial
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Anterior/ventral
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Toward or in front of the body; in front of
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Opposite of posterior/dorsal
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Posterior/dorsal
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Back of body; behind
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Opposite of anterior/ventral
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Medial
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Toward middle, on the inner side
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Opposite of lateral
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Lateral
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Away from the middle of the body; on the outside
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Opposite of medial
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Proximal
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Close to the point of attachment
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Opposite of distal
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Distal
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Further from point of attachment
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Opposite of proximal
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Superficial/external
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Toward or at the body surface (mostly your external skin)
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Opposite of deep/internal
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Deep/internal
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More internal, inside the body
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Opposite of superficial/external
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