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| prevents food from entering the larynx when swallowing |
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| carries food to the stomach |
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| voice box; sound production |
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| passageway for air and food |
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| boneless tissue on the roof of the mouth |
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| largest salivary gland; secretes saliva; begins carb digestion |
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| secretes saliva, begins carb digestion |
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| secretes saliva; begins carb digestion |
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| voice box; generates sound |
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| controls metabolism, hormonal sensitivity and calcium regulation |
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| airway for oxygen & carbon dioxide exchange from body to environment |
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| stores and collects urine produced by kidneys |
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| filter blood to remove waste; regulates blood pressure |
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| duct that carry urine from kidneys to the bladder |
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| tube that connects bladder to outside the body |
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| Fallopian tubes/ oviducts |
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| connects ovaries to the uterus |
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| surrounds reproductive organs |
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| where urine exits the female body |
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| Where urine is stored before it exits the body |
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| Point where the uterus and fallopian tubes or oviducts meet |
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| reproductive organ that opens to the cervix and fallopian tubs, accepts a fertilized egg |
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| leads from the uterus to the exterior of the body |
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| tube that connects the testicles to the vas deferens; stores sperm |
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| reproductive organ to carry sperm to female and excretory organ for urine |
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| produce sperm and testosterone |
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| inside the spermatic cord; carries sperm from epididymis to urethra |
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| vas deferens and surrounding tissue |
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| carries bile from the liver to the small intestine |
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| beginning of large intestine; stores food for microbial breakdown |
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| end of stomach closest to heart |
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| extracts water from feces |
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| pumps blood through vessels |
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| extracts water from feces and returns it to the body |
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| removes and stores excess nutrients from blood, maintains blood sugar levels, detoxifies harmful substances, produces bile |
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| transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from cells |
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| produces enzymes to break down fats and proteins and secretes hormones to regulate blood sugar |
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| site of chemical digestion of carbs, proteins and fats |
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| destroys red blood cells and stores a reservoir of blood |
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| acidic environment used for the storage and chemical digestion of food |
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