vocabulary
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| tendons | strands of tough connective tissues that connect your skeletal muscles to bones.
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| ligaments | strong elastic bands of connective tissue that connect joints.
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| flexor | a muscle that bends part of your body.
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| extensor | a muscle that straightens part of your body.
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| melanin | the chemical that determines your skin color.
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| emphysema | a respiratory disease where the alveoli have been damaged.
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| gastric ulcer | when the stomach acid eats through the stomach lining.
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| homeostatis | the maintance of a stable internal environment.
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| epithelial tissue | covers and protects underlying tissue.
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| nervous tissue | sends electrical signals throught the body found in the brain, nerves, and sense organs.
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| muscle tissue | made of cells that contract and relax to produce movement.
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| connective tissue | joins, supports, protects, insulates, nourishes, and cushions organs. Keeps organs from falling apart.
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| epidermis | the outermost layer of the skin.
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| dermis | the layer below the epidermis
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| plasma | fluid part of the blood.
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| antibodies | chemicals that identify of destroy pathogens
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| hemoglobin | oxygen carrying protein gives RBC's their red color.
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| antigens | chemicals that are on the surface of your RBC's
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| alveoli | the tiny air sacs of the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged
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| respiration | the exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between living cells and their environment
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| lymph nodes | an organ that filters lymph and that is found along the lymphatic vessels
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| chyme | a soupy mixture that is the product of the stomach
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| villi | finger like projections that absorb nutrients
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| urea | one of the most important substances removed by nephrons, which contains nitrogen and is formed when cells use protein for energy
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| enzymes | substances that break some nutrients into smaller particles that the body can use
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| mechanical digestion | the breaking, crushing, or mashing of food.
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| chemical digestion | when large molecules are broken down into nutrients.
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| nephron | the unit in the kidney that filters blood.
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| aerobic exercises | moderately intense activities that can increase muscle strenghth but mostly strangthens the heart and increase indurance.
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| resistance exercises | a way to strengthen skeletal muscles. people work against the resistance or weight of an object.
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| nutrient | substances that provide the materials needed for life processes.
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