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Body Systems
Ms. Camponeschi 8-Orange PPMS
Term | Definition |
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Skeletal | supports the body, protects it, and works with muscles to allow movement; makes blood cells and stores materials |
Muscular | enables the body to move; moves food through the digestive system; keeps the heart beating |
Digestive | takes food into the body, breaks food down, and absorbs the digested materials |
Endocrine | controls many body processes- such as intake of sugar by cells by means of chemicals |
Excretory | removes wastes |
Immune | fights disease |
Nervous | detects and interprets information from the environment outside the body, and from within the body; controls most body functions |
Reproductive | produces sex cells that can unite with other sex cells to create offspring; controls male and female characteristics |
Respiratory | takes oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon dioxide |
Skin | protects the body, keeps water inside the body, and helps regulate body temperature |
Circulatory | carries needed materials to the body cells; carries wastes away from body cells; helps fight disease |