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Systems

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Skeletal System   -supports and protects the organs -provides surfaces for attachment for muscle, tendon & ligaments -muscles attaches bone to tendon -ligaments attaches bone to bone  
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Muscular System   -provides body with power for motion, movement & posture  
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Gastroentestinal System   -breaks down food mechanically and chemically so that nutrients my be carried by the blood stream to body cells  
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Respiratory System   -takes air into the body so oxygen can be carried from the lungs to the individual body cells -carbon dioxide waste is removed from body cells and taken to the lungs  
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Cardiovascular System   -consists of blood, vessels & heart -arteries carry clean blood away from heart -veins carry blood back to heart to be cleaned Heart-arteries-arterioles-capillaries-venules-veins-heart  
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Lymphatic System   -transports protein & fluids that have leaked out of the bloodstream into the fluid between cells back into blood stream  
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Urinary System   -removes liquid waste products from the body which results in the combining of nutrients with oxygen in the blood cells -helps to retain the proper balance of water, salt & acids in the body  
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Skin System   -serves as protective barrier against excessive loss of water, salts & heat -protects against invasion of pathogens & their toxins  
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epidermis (skin system)   -has layers -no blood vessels  
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dermis (skin system)   hair follicles, sweat glands, blood vessels -secretes oils to keep skin supple & free from cracking -helps maintain body temperature  
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subcutaneus (skin system)   -acts as a receptor for sensation (pain, temperatures, pressure)  
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Nervous System   -nerves & the brain coordinate voluntary actions & involuntary activities (breathing) -helps the body maintain homeostasis (everything normal) -enables memory and thought processess  
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Peripheral Nervous System   -all nerves of the body, sensory (to brain), motor (away from brain)  
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Endocrine System   -composed of glands located in different parts of the body which release a chemical substances called hormones into the body -hormones regulate functions such as bone growth, sex organs,  
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Reproductive System   -sexual organs associated with reproduction of the species  
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Sensory   -provides the brain with information about the surrounding environment  
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anabolism   process of storing simple substances and combining them to make complex substances for body to use  
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catabolism   process where complex substances are broken down to simpler substances & energy released  
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cells - tissue - organs - systems   -enough cells make tissue; enough tissue makes organs; enough organs you have systems  
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Digestive   mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, intestines (small & large), liver, gallbladder, pancreas  
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Urinary   kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra  
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Resiratory   nose, throat, voice box, windpipe, bronchial tubes, lungs  
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Reproductive   Female: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands Male: testes and associated tubes, urethra, penis, prostate gland  
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Endocrine   thyroid gland, pituitary gland, sex glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, parathyroid glands  
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Nervous   Brain, spinal cord, nerves  
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Circulatory   heart, blood vessels(arteries, veins, capillaries) lumphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland  
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musculoskeletal   muscles, bones, joints  
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skin & senses   skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands, eye, ear, nose, and tongue  
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