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Chapter 2
Body Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Digestive | mouth,*pharynx,esophagus,stomach,intestines,liver,gallbladder,pancreas |
| Urinary or excretory | kidneys, *ureters,urinary bladder,*urethra |
| Respiratory | nose,pharynx,*larynx,*trachea,bronchial tubes,lungs |
| Reproductive | female:ovaries,fallopian tubes,*uterus,vagina,mammary glands male: testes & associated tubes,urethra,penis,prostate gland |
| Endocrine | *thyroid gland,*pituitary gland,sex glands,adrenal glands,pancreas,parathyroid glands |
| Nervous | brain,spinal cord,nerves,and collections of nerves |
| Circulatory | heart,blood vessels,lymphatic vessels and nodes,spleen,thymus gland |
| Musculoskeletal | muscles,bones,and joints |
| Skin and sense organs | skin,hair,nails,sweat glands,and sebaceous glands;eye,ear,nose,and tongue |
| adipose tissue | collection of fat cells |
| cartilage | flexible CT attached to bones at joints |
| epithelial cells | skin cells that cover the external body surface and line the internal surfaces of organs |
| histologist | specialist in the study of tissues |
| larynx | "voice box"; located at the upper part of the trachea |
| pharynx | throat |
| pituitary gland | endocrine gland at the base of the brain |
| thyroid gland | endocrine gland that surrounds the trachea in the neck |
| trachea | "windpipe" (tube leading from the throat to the bronchial tubes) |
| ureter | one of two tubes, each leading from a single kidney to the urinary bladder. |
| urethra | tube from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
| uterus | the womb. the organ that holds the embryo/fetus as it develop |
| viscera | internal organs |
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