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Term | Definition |
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Digestive System | digest food into smaller molecules and absorbs nutrients |
Digestive Organs | stomach and large intestines |
Digestive system works with which other system | Nervous system to trigger appetite |
What does the large intestine absorb? | Water |
Circulatory System | carries oxygen (O2) to muscles |
Circulatory Organs | Heart, veins, arteries |
Circulatory system works with which other systems | Respiratory to deliver oxygen; immune to fight disease & infections |
Excretory System | removes waste by filtering blood; disposes of wastes and controls fluids |
Excretory System works with which other system | circulatory to filter waste out of blood |
Respiratory System | Takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide and water; exchanges gas with environment and transports oxygen |
Respiratory System works with which other system | circulatory to take oxygen for delivery to cells and removes carbon dioxide from cells |
Respiratory organs | trachea, alveoli, & lungs |
Skeletal System | framework for the body; protects organs, provides support, produces blood cells |
Muscular System | allows for movement |
Endocrine System | regulates body using hormones, main organ - glands |
Endocrine System works with which other system | circulatory to transport hormones |
Integumentary System | largest human body organ - skin, barrier against germs and infection |
Integumentary organs | skin: Epidermis and dermis |
What is dermis? | sweat glands, sebaceous gland (oil), blood vessels & nerves |
Reproductive System | ovaries are an organ of this system |