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11 Cards in this Set
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The integumentary system |
The integumentary system includes your skin, hair, subcutaneous fat and nails. The integumentary system offers protection from the environment, provides form and individual recognition characteristics and aids in temperature and water regulation. Your skin is the site where vitamin D is generated. The integument, or skin, also serves as an anchor for sensory receptors. |
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The muscular system
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The muscular system includes the skeletal muscles but excludes smooth and cardiac muscles, which are included in other organ systems.
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The skeletal system
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The skeletal system is composed of bones, joints, cartilage, ligaments and tendons. Your skeleton provides structural support and protection for your internal organs.
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The nervous system
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The nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord, autonomic and somatic nerves (i.e. involuntary and voluntary nerves) and all sensory organs, including those that serve vision, smell, sensation, balance, hearing and taste.
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The circulatory system
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The circulatory system includes your heart, blood vessels and blood. Your circulatory system is responsible for delivering oxygen and nutrients to every cell, tissue and organ in your body. It also conveys immune cells, electrolytes.
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The lymphatic system
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The lymphatic system is made up of the lymphatic vessels, which travel with your blood vessels, and the lymph nodes, where immune cells are produced. The lymphatic system returns a clear fluid called 'lymph' from your tissues and organs to your heart.
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The respiratory system
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The respiratory system encompasses the organs of breathing, which include your nose, pharynx (mouth), larynx (throat), trachea (windpipe), bronchi and bronchioles (airways), lungs and diaphragm.
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The endocrine system
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The endocrine system includes all hormone-producing organs, or 'glands,' such as the thyroid, pituitary, pancreas, adrenals, hypothalamus, gonads and pineal.
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The nervous system
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The nervous system contains both voluntary and involuntary components
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The circulatory system
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The circulatory system transports oxygen and nutrients to the remainder of your body
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The Digestive System
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The Digestive System -Mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas etc.-Ingestion and mastication (chewing) of food-Mixing of food with secretions-Propulsion-Mechanical and chemical digestion-Absorption of nutrients, ions, water, reabsorption of some secretions-Elimination-defecation (excrete faeces)
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