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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the 11 principal organ systems of the vertebrate body?
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circulatory
digestive endocrine integumentary lymphatic/immune muscular nervous reproductive respiratory skeletal urinary/orsmoregulatory |
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What are the functions and components of the circulatory system?
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transports cells, respiratory gases, and chemical components throughout the body includes the heart, blood vessels, lymph, and lymph structures
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Function/components of the digestive system?
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captures soulble nutrients from ingestes fooD AND INCLUDES THE MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, INTESTINES, LIVER, AND PANCREAS
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Endocrine?
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coordinates and integrates the activities of the body and includes thepituitary, adrenal, thyroid, and other ductless glands
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Integumentary?
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covers and protects the body and includes the skin, hair, nails, feathers, and sweat glands
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Lymphatic/immune?
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vessels transport extracellular fluid and fat to circulatory system; lymph nodes and lymphatic organs provide defenses against microbial infection and cancer and includes the lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, thymus, tonsils, and spleen
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Muscular?
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produces body movement and includes skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle
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Nervous?
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receives stimuli, integrates information, and directs the body and includes the nerves, sense organs, brain, and spinal cord
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Reproductive?
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carries out reproduction and includes testes, ovaries, and associated reproductive structures
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Respiratory?
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captures oxygen and exchanges gases and includes the lungs, trachea, gills, and other air passagesways
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Skeletal?
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protects the body and provides support for locomotion and movement and includes the bones, cadtilage, and ligaments
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Urinary/osmoregulatory?
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removes metabolic wastes from the bloodstream and includes the kidneys, bladder, and associated ducts
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