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Medical Principles

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Brain - Centre of the nervous system   Controls body functions  
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Skin – Skin   Outer protective cover of the body  
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Spleen - Lymphatic system   Lies on underside of stomach. Produces antibodies / acts as a defence mechanism and controls the volume of blood circulating  
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Liver - Digestive system   Factory of the body. Breaks down toxins  
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Oesophagus - Digestive system   Gullet/food pipe. Transports food from throat to stomach  
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Stomach - Digestive system   Receives food  
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(Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum) - Digestive system   Small intestine, Long tube from stomach to colon where digestion is completed and most absorption takes place  
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Colon - Digestive system   Large intestine/Absorbs water and manufactures faeces  
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Pancreas - Digestive system /Endocrine system   Gland below the stomach in the curve of the duodenum which produces insulin and pancreatic juice  
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Gall bladder - Digestive system   Lies on underside of liver. Concentrates and stores bile for excretion into duodenum to aid digestion  
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Pharynx - Respiratory system / digestive system   Throat  
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Larynx - Respiratory system   Voice box (forms Adam’s Apple in the male)  
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Trachea - Respiratory system   Wind pipe takes air to and from the lungs  
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Bronchus - Respiratory system   Large airway passages transporting air into the lungs  
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Lungs - Respiratory system   2 organs lying in the chest in which the exchange of gasses takes place during breathing  
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Heart - Cardio-vascular system   Muscular pump lying between the lungs which pumps to circulate blood around the body.  
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Aorta - Cardio-vascular system   Main artery of the body. Carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body  
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Superior Vena cava / Inferior Vena Cava - Cardio-vascular   Main veins. Carry deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart  
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Arteries - Cardio-vascular system   Blood vessels which usually carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and around the body  
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Veins - Cardio-vascular system   Blood vessels which usually carry de-oxygenated blood back to the heart  
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Kidneys - Urinary system   The 2 organs in the body that produce urine  
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Ureters - Urinary system   The tubes that connect the kidneys to bladder  
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Bladder - Urinary system   The organ that holds urine prior to its excretion from the body  
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Urethra - Urinary system/male reproductive system   Tube which carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body  
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Ovaries - Female reproductive system   Female organs that produce eggs and hormones  
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Fallopian/ uterine tubes - Female reproductive system   2 tubes  
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Uterus - Female reproductive system   Womb. Organ where the fetus grows  
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Vagina - Female reproductive system   Birth canal. Organ which connects the womb to the outside of the body  
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Mammary glands - Female reproductive system   Breasts. 2 organs situated at the front of the chest which produce milk to feed the newborn baby  
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Vulva - Female reproductive system   External genitalia of the female  
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Penis - Male reproductive system   Male organ through which the urethra passes  
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Prostate Gland - Male reproductive system   Male gland  
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Scrotum - Male reproductive system   Sac of skin lying outside of the body which contains the testes  
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Testes - Male reproductive system   Male sex glands which lie in the scrotum and produce sperm and testosterone  
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Epididymes - Male reproductive system   Male glands which lie above the testes allows sperm to become mature and mobile  
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Vas Deferens - Male reproductive system   Tube through which sperm passes to be ejaculated from the body  
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