Body Systems Flashcards

1
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Four phases

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Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Elimination

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2
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Urinary

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Removes waste products and excess fluids from the blood and eliminates them from the body

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3
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Endocrine

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Grow of glands that secret hormones directly from the blood stream

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4
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Hormones

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Complex chemicals that influences and controls the body’s functions

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5
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Reproductive

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Consists of organs that are capable of accomplishing reproduction (the creation of a new individual)

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6
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Nervous

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Communication network that organizes and coordinates all of the body’s functions

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7
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Integumentary

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Made up of skin hair and nails (provides external protection)

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8
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Skeletal

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Made up of bones (supports the body and protects underlying organs)

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9
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Muscular

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Provides the body’s motion

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10
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Respiratory

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Responsible for taking in air

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11
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Circulatory

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Transports O2 and nutrients to the body’s cells

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12
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Immune

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The body’s defense mechanism against the environment of microbes in which we live

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13
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Digestive

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Group of cells that changes the food eaten into a form that can be used by the body’s cells

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