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| Protects body from environment, injury, and infection. Water retention. Temperature regulation. Stores fat. Excretion. Cutaneous sensation. Synthesis of vitamin D. Includes hair, skin, nails, and cutaneous glands |
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| Provides mechanical support for the body. Stores minerals. Produces blood cells. Includes: bones, cartilage, ligaments |
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| Enables movement, posture, and balance through contraction and extension of muscles. Controls body openings. Heat production. Includes: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle |
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| Since his environment. Rapid internal communication and coordination. Motor control. Includes: brain, spinal cord, nerves, ganglia |
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| Secretes hormones into the bloodstream. Internal chemical communication and coordination. Includes: pituitary gland, pineal gland, adrenal glands, thyroid gland, testicles, hypothalamus, parathyroid glands, ovaries, sinus, pancreas |
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| Distribution of nutrients, oxygen, wastes, hormones, electrolytes, heat, immune cells, and antibodies. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid base balance is. Includes: heart, arteries, veins, capillaries |
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| Lymphatic and Immune System |
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| Protects against infections. Recovery of excess tissue fluid. Production and education of immune cells. Includes: thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils, lymphatic vessels, appendix |
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| Speech. Enables gas exchange. Supplies blood with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide. Acid base balance. Includes: lungs, bronchi, bronchioles, Aveoli, nose trachea, pharynx, larynx |
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| Just and breaks down food so it can be absorbed by body cells. Liver functions include metabolism, synthesis of plasma proteins, disposal of drugs, toxins, and hormones, and cleansing of blood. Includes: teeth, tongue, stomach, esophagus, mouth, pharynx, small and large intestine, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, salivary glands, gallbladder |
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| How many twists. Regulates blood volume and pressure. Stimulates red blood cell formation. Regulates water, electrolytes, and pH balance. Detoxification. Includes: kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra |
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| Reproductive System (Male) |
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| Production and delivery of sperm. Secretion of sex hormones. Includes: testicles, vas deferens, epididymis, prostate gland, seminal vesicles, penis, bulbourethral gland, urethra |
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| Reproductive System (Female) |
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| Produces eggs. So fertilization and fetal development. Fiddle nourishment. Birth. Lactation. Secretion of sex hormones. Includes: ovaries, uterus, uterine tubes, vulva, vagina, mammory glands |
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