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| heart blood and blood vessels such as arteries, veins, and capillaries transport blood throught the body |
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| includes the lymph vessels and nodes that carry a clear fluid called lymph. Lymph contain white blood cells call lymphocytes |
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| brings in food into the body and breaks it down so that it can enter the blood stream |
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| composed of glands, sends chemical messengers called hormones into the blodd to act on other glands and organs |
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| female and male reproductive system |
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| produce the cells that join to form the embryo |
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| including the muscles, bones, joints and connective tissues, supports the body and allows it to move |
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| carries electrical messages to and form the brain and spinal cord |
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| controls breathing, a process by which air enters and leaves the body |
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| skin and sense organ system |
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| including the skin, eyes and ears receives messages form he environment and sends them to the brain |
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| produces urine and sends it out of the body through the kidneys, ureters, bladder and uretha |
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| is located in the head and surrounded by the skull |
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| aka chest cavity and it’s surrounded by the breastbone and ribs |
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| is the space between the pleural membranes |
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| The large area between the lungs |
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| is located 3 spaces below the thoracic cavity contains the stomach, liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines |
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| separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities |
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| The organs in the abdomen are covered by a double membrane |
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| located below the abdominal cavity |
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| is the nervous tissue within the spinal cavity |
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| backbones, is a long row of bones from the neck to the tailbone |
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| located on the back (backbones aka spinal column) and spinal cord which is the nervous tissue within the spinal cavity |
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| each bone in the spinal column |
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| two or more bones in the spinal column |
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| a piece of flexible connective tissue |
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| is a cushion between the bones of the spinal column |
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