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Anatomy and phis
Body systems and purposes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Integumentary System | The largest Organ of the body, This include the skin and its accesory organs. |
| The Digestive System | breaks down food into smaller and smaller particles to absorb nutrients or for excretion. |
| The Cirlculatory System | Controls the steady delivery of the blood through the body. |
| The Nervous | Carries messages through the central nervous system, controlling and cordinating all bodily functions. |
| The skeletal System | This system forms the physical foundation of the body. It consists of bones and moveable and immovable joints. |
| The muscualr System | Covers, shapes and supports skeletal tissue; contracts and moves parts of the body. |
| The Immune/Lymphatic System | Protects the body from disease by developing resistances and destroying disease-causing toxins, foreign material, and bacteria. |
| The Endocrine System | Affects growth, development, sexual activites, nd normal regulatory processes of the body; consists of specialized glands. |
| Reproductive System | Responsible for the production of children and passing on our genetics from one genration to another. |
| Respiratory System | Enables breathing, supplies the body with oxygen, and eliminates carbon dioxide. |
| excretory system | Purifies the body by the elimentation of waste matter. |