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40 Cards in this Set
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skeleton
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protection, movement, shape, support
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skull
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cranium
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femur
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largest in human body
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hip
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ball and socket joint
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marrow
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soft connective tissue in space of spongy bone
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cartilage
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squishy substance btw. bones
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connective tissue
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connects/supports all body parts
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tendon
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connects muscle to bone
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voluntary muscle
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actions you control-smiling
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smooth muscle
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involuntary muscle found in digestive organs
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peristalsis
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contractions to keep food moving in your digestive system
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small intestine
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absorb nutrients in blood
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villi
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fingerlike structures to absorb nutruents
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enzymes
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speeds up chemical reactions
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water
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makes up 65% of body
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fiber
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helps with peristalsis- cannot be broken down in the body
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large intestine
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absorbs water from waste
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bile
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breaks down fat; produced by liver
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excretion
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removal of wastes
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nephrons
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filtering factories inside kidneys
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ureter
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tube connecting kidneys to bladder
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capillary
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one cell thick blood vessels where diffusion occurs
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aorta
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largest blood vessel in body
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atria
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upper chambers of heart
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pacemaker
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group of cells that adjust heart rate
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plasma
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liquid part of blood composed mainly of water
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white blood cells
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fight infection
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hemoglobin
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binds oxgn. to red blood cells
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platelets
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produce fibrin at wounds
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trachea
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windpipe
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diaphragm
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muscle;important for breathing
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pharynx
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tube in throat that is part of resperatory system and digestive
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larynx
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contains vocal cords
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cilia
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hair-like things in nose
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centeral nervous system
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brain and spinal cord
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brainstem
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controls involuntary actions such as heartbeat and breathing
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corpus collosum
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connects left and right cerebral hemispheres
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nerve cell
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made of dendrites, cell body, and axon
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neuron
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another name for nerve cell
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concussion
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bruise-like injury to the brain
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