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Anatomy
body system
Term | Definition |
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musculoskeletal | supports movement bones,muscles,tendons,ligaments |
nervous/sensory | translates impulses and makes decisions brain,spinal cord,nerves & sensory organs |
circulatory/cardiovascular | transportation or oxygen,hormones and nutrients blood vessels,capillaries and heart |
endocrine | turns functions on and off glands; pituitary,thymus,thyroid,adrenal,pancreas |
reproductive | continuation of species,human sexual reproduction ovaries,testes,uterus,penis,Fallopian tubes,prostate |
integumentary | protection of internal organs skin,hair,nails |
lymphatic | protection from infection lymph vessels,spleen,tonsils |
digestive | intake and absorption of nutrients mouth,teeth,esophagus,stomach,intestines,liver,gall bladder,pancreas |
respiratory | intake of oxygen and output of waste mouth,nose,trachea,bronchi,lungs,alveoli |
excretory | output of waste kidney,ureter,urethra,bladder |
epithelial tissue | covers and lines. found in skin,glands and lining of organs |
connective tissue | joins together. |
muscle tissue | contracts |
types of muscle tissue | 1.cardiac 2.smooth:found in vessels & organs 3.skeletal |
nervous tissue | carries electric potential |
what body system controls temperature? | integumentary system |