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28 Cards in this Set
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Organ
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Several kinds of tissue working together for the same thing (lungs, heart, liver...)
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Tissue
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A group of cells that work together
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Muscle tissue
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Moves the skeleton
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How does saliva compare to stomach acid?
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Saliva = mouth
Stomach acid = stomach Both help digest food |
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Nervous system
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lets you sense and react to your environment
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Muscular system
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Moves the bones: muscles, tendons, ligamants
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Connective tissue
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tendons and ligaments
Tendons = bone to muscle Ligaments = bone to bone |
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organ system
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A group of organs that work together to do a job for the body.
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digestive system
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The organ system that turns food into nutrients that body cells need for energy, growth, and repair.
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circulatory system
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The organ system—made up of the heart, blood vessels, and blood—that transports materials throughout the body.
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respiratory system
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The organ system, including the lungs, that exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and the environment.
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skeletal system
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The organ system, including the bones, that protects the body and gives it structure.
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cartilage
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spongy tissue that cushions bones
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ligaments
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bands of connective tissue that hold bones together
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excretory system
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The organ system, including the kidneys and bladder, that removes waste materials from the blood.
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Nervous tissue
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found in the brain and the spinal cord. Carries SIGNALS to the body
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trachea
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tube that air travels down into the lungs "WIND PIPE"
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alveoli
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tiny air sacs in the lungs
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capillaries
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small blood vessels that connect from the arteries
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arteries
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blood leaves the heart through the arteries
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veins
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blood returns to the heart through veins
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villi
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tiny tubes in the small intestine
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How does food change when it leaves the stomach and goes to small intestine?
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Digestion is complete.
Nutrients move into the blood vessels of the villi |
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Where are blood cells made?
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Inside largest bones
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Why do skeletal muscles work in pairs?
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one muscle bends
the other straightens |
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What happens to air after it enters the lungs?
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oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide. Blood carries oxygen to cells.
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Epithelial tissue
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skin
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How many bones in the human body?
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206
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