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human body system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tiussue | a group of similar cells that perform a specific function |
| organ | a body structer that is composed of diffrent kinds of tiussue that work together |
| organ system | a group of organs that work together to perforem a major function |
| gland | an organ that produses and releses chemicals ether through ducts of into the blood streem |
| hormone | (1) the chemical prodused bye an endocrine gland (2) a chemical that affects growth and dovelopment |
| stress | the reaction of a persons body to potentially thretaning chaleging or desterbing events |
| interactions | the derect effect that one thing has on another |
| stable | resistant to sudden changes |
| digestion | the prosses by which your body breakes down food into smaller nutrient molecules |
| nutrients | the substanses in food that provide the raw materials the body cells need to cary out all there essential processes |
| absorption | the process by wich nutrient molecu pass through the wall of the digestive system into the blood |
| carbohhydrates | a energy-rich organ |