The Concise Human Body

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Skeletal system

Back 1

Framework that supports the body; allows for movement. Blood cells form in the fatty inner tissue called bone marrow.

Front 2

Sensory cortex

Back 2

Part of brain that monitors sensory information from the body

Front 3

Endocrine system

Back 3

Hormones act as information carriers, instructing their target cells or tissues to perform specific functions

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Intracellular

Back 4

Also known as cytoplasm is found inside cells

Front 5

Extracellular fluid( 2 subcategories)

Back 5

Accounts for all the other fluids in the body. It's subcategories are: interstitial fluid in the spaces between cells and tissues;blood plasma and lymph; the fluids in bones,joints,and dense connective tissue; Transcellular Fluid includes saliva, mucus,sweat,and urine.

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Red blood cells

Back 6

Carry oxygen and remove carbon dioxide around the body.

Front 7

Lymph fluid

Back 7

Transports white blood cells which produce antibodies that fight infection and disease.

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Tissues

Back 8

Is a group of cells that are similar in structure and carry out the same function

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Liver

Back 9

Is the body's largest internal organ slightly larger than the brain.

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Golgi complex

Back 10

Organelle that processes and repackages proteins produced on rough ER for release at cell membrane

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Nucleus

Back 11

The cells control center containing chromatin and most of the DNA

Front 12

Vacuole

Back 12

A sac that stores and transports ingested materials wastes, and water.

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Mitochondrion

Back 13

Site of fat and sugar digestion in the cell; produces energy.

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Microvilli

Back 14

Projections found on some cells they increases the cells surface area

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Ribosome

Back 15

Involved in protein assembly