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organ system
Words | Definition |
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Skeletal | Supports body,protects internal organs,allows movement,stores minerals,and produces blood cells |
Integumentary | Guards against infection and injury,and helps regulate body temperature |
Muscular | Which skeletal system produces movement,helps circulate blood and move food through the digestive system |
Circulatory | Transport oxygen,nutrients,and wastes,fights infection, and helps regulate body temperature |
Respiratory | Brings in oxygen,needed by cells,and removes carbon dioxide from the body |
Digestive | Breaks down food,absorbs nutrients,and removes food wastes |
Excretory | Removes waste products from the body |
Nervous | Controls the body's responses to changes within the body and outside it |
Endocrine | Controls growth,development,and energy processes,and helps maintain homeostasis |
Reproductive | Produces and delivers sex cells,in females, and nurtures and protects developing embryo |
Immune | Fights infections,and attacks invading bacteria and viruses |