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Organ Systems & Term

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Organ System
Primary Function
"Must Know"
Primary Organs
GI TRACT   PERFORMS DIGESTION & ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS   DIFFERENT THAN THE "ALIMENTARY TRACT"   STOMACH, SMALL/LARGE INTESTINES, GALL BLADDER, LIVER, PANCREAS  
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INTEGUMENTARY   COVERS THE BODY AS THE 1ST LINE OF DEFENCE & CONTROLS BODY TEMPERATURE   THE SUBCUTANEOUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEPARATING THE SKIN FROM THE OTHER ORGANS   HAIR, SKIN, NAILS, & BREASTS  
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LYMPHATIC   COLLECTS PLASMA, FILTERS IT FOR IMPURITIES, AND RETURNS IT TO THE BLOOD STREAM   CONTAINS MOST OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM   SPLEEN, LYMPHNODES, LYMPHOCYTES, TONSILS, ADENOIDS, THYMUS  
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MUSCULAR   GIVES THE BODY SHAPE AND MOVEMENT   OVER 600 MUSCLES IN THE BODY   MUSCLES  
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NERVOUS   BODY'S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM   2 DIFFERENT SECTIONS: AUTONOMIC AND SOMATIC   BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES  
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SKELETAL   PROVIDES STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT FOR THE BODY   CONSISTS OF AXIAL BONES AND APPENDICULAR BONES   OSSEUS TISSUE, BONES, CONNECTIVE TISSUE  
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MALE REPRODUCTIVE   SECRETE HORMONES AND PRODUCE SPERM     PROSTATE, URETHRA, PENIS, TESTICLES, SCROTUM  
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FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE   SECRETE HORMONES AND PROVIDE FOR CHILDBEARING     UTERUS, FALLOPIAN TUBES, OVARIES, VAGINA  
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RESPIRATORY   BRING OXYGEN INTO THE BODY AND EXPELS CARBON DIOXIDE   INCLUDES THE UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT   ALVEOLI, LARYNX, PHARYNX, UPPER/LOWER TRACTS  
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URINARY   REMOVE WASTE FROM THE BLOOD, AND WASTE FROM THE BODY   THE NEPHRON IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE SYSTEM   KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER, URETHRA, NEPHRON  
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CARDIOVASCULAR   DISTRIBUTE BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY USING BLOOD VESSELS: VEINS, ARTERIES, & CAPILLARIES   BLOOD IS MADE UP OF ERYTHROCYTES, LEUKOCYTES, PLATELETS, & PLASMA   HEART, BLOOD, BLOOD VESSELS  
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ENDOCRINE   CONSISTS OF GLANDS THAT SECRETE HORMONES THAT ASSIST IN REGULATING BODY FUNCTION   THE PITUITARY GALND PRODUCES MULTIPLE HORMONES AND IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN   PITUITARY, ADRENAL GLANDS, THYROID, THYMUS, PANCREAS LIVER, GONADS, KIDNEYS  
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