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11 Cards in this Set
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Integumentary System |
Key structures: Hair, Skin Nails Functions: Forms the body’s external covering; protects deeper tissue from injury; helps regulate body temperature |
Forms; Protects; Helps |
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Skeletal System |
Key structures: Bones, joints Functions: Protects and supports body organs; provides a framework the muscles use to cause movement; stores minerals |
Protects and supports; provides; stores |
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Muscular System |
Key structures: Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth muscle Functions: Moves the body and moves substances around the body; maintains posture; produces heat |
Moves; Maintain; Produce |
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Nervous System |
Key structures: Brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory receptors Functions: Responds to internal and external changes by acting an appropriate response; processes information |
Responds; processes |
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Cardiovascular System |
Key structures: Heart, blood vessels (veins, arteries, and capillaries) Functions: Pumps blood around body; transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste |
Pumps; Transports |
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Respiratory System |
Key structures: Nasal cavity, Trachea, Lungs, Bronchus Functions: Assists with gas exchange with the external environment; keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide |
Assists; keep |
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Lymphatic and Immune system |
Key structures: Lymph nodes, Spleen, Thymus, Bone marrow Functions: Filter fluid in the body; mounts the attack against foreign substances around the body |
Filter; Mounts |
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Digestive System |
Key structures: Oral, Esophagus, Small and Large intestine, Stomach Functions: Breaks down food into its nutrients molecules; absorbs nutrients; rids the body of waste |
Breaks; Absorbs; Rids |
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Urinary System |
Key structures: Kidney, bladder, ureter, urethra Functions: Eliminates waste from the body; regulates water balance of the blood |
Eliminates; regulates |
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Endocrine System |
Key structures: Testis, Adrenal and Pituitary Gland, ovary Functions: Secretes hormones that regulate processes such as growth reproduction, and metabolism by body cells |
Secretes |
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Reproductive System |
Key structures: Vagina, Ovaries, Uterus, Penis, Testes, Prostate Functions: To produce, transport, and sustain sperm and egg cells; to nuture the developing offspring |
To produce; to nurture |
