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| Group of similar cells working together to do a specific job. |
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| Structures composed of several kinds of tissue, |
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| groups of organs working together to perform complex functions . |
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| Located all over the body, forms the linings of internal organs and outersurface of skin covering the body. |
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Voluntary is under conscious control.
Involuntary is not under conscious control.
Cardiac is speialized muscle found only in heart & can be seen in 6-week-old fetus. |
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| Examples include fat(adipose), cartilage, bone, & blood. |
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| Conducts impulses all over body |
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| Flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints. Example: surrounds the trachea & forms part of external ear and nose. |
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| Skin cells that cover the external body and line the internal surfaces of organs. |
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| Specialist in the study of tissues. |
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| Voice box; located at upper part of trachea. |
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| Throat. Common passageway for food (from the mouth to esophagus) and air (from the nose to the trachea). |
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| Endocrine gland at the base of the brain. |
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| Endocorine gland that surrounds the trachea in the neck. |
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| One of two tubes, each leading from a single kidney to the urinary bladder. |
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| Tube from urinary bladder to the outside of the body. |
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| Womb. Organ that holds embryo and fetus as it develops. |
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| viscera (singular: viscus) |
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| mouth,pharynx,esophagus,stomach, intestines, gallbladder, liver, pancreas |
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| urinary or excretory system |
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| kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, |
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| nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs |
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| female reproductive system |
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| ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary glands |
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| testes & associated tubes, urethra, penis, prostrate gland |
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| thyroid glans, pituitary gland, sex glands (ovaries & testes), adrenal glands, pancreas, parathyroid glands |
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| brain, spinal cord, nerves, collections of nerves |
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| heart, bloodvessels (arteries, veins, & capillaries), lymphatic vessels and nodes, spleen, thymus gland |
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| Skin & sense organs system |
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| skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, sebaceous glands; eye, ear, nose, tongue |
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