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Skeletal system

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The organ system whose primary function is to support and protect the body and to allow the body to move

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Homeostasis

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The maintenance of a constant internal state in changing environment

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Muscular system

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The organ system whose primary function is movement and flexibility

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Ligament

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A type of tissue that holds together the bones in a joint

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Joint

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A place where two or more bones meet

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Tendon

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A tough connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or to another body part

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Cardiovascular system

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A collection of organs that transport blood throughout the body; the organs in this system include the heart, arteries, and veins.

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Blood

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The fluid that carries gases, nutrients, and wastes through the body and that is made up of platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells, and plasma

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Lymphatic system

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A network of organs and tissues that collect the fluid that leaks from blood and returns it to blood vessels

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Lymph

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The clear, watery fluid that leaks from blood vessels and contains white blood cells.

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Lymph node

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Small bean shaped masses of tissue that remove pathogens and read cells from the lymph

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Artery

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A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body’s organs

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Capillary

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A tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in tissue

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Vein

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In biology a vessel that carries blood to the heart

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Respiratory system

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A collection of organs whose primary function is to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide

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Pharynx

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Part of the respiratory system that extends from the mouth to the larynx

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Larynx

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Part of the respiratory system between the pharynx and the trachea

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Digestive system

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The organs that break down food so that it can be used by the body

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Enzyme

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A type of protein that speeds up metabolic reactions in plants and animals without being permanently change or destroyed

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Esophagus

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A long and straight tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach

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Stomach

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The saclike digestive organ that is between the esophagus and the small intestine and that breaks down food by the action of muscles enzymes and acids

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Small intestine

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The organ between the stomach and the large intestine where most of the breakdown of food happens and most of the nutrients from food are absorbed

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Large intestine

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The broader and shorter portion of the intestine where water is removed from the mostly digested food to turn the waste into semisolid feces or stool

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Pancreas

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The organ that lies behind the stomach and that makes digestive enzymes and hormones that regulate sugar levels

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Liver

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The largest organ in the body

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Excretory system

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The system that collects and excretes nitrogenous waste and excess water from the body in form of urine

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Kidney

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One of the organs that filter water and wastes from the blood excrete products as urine and regulates the concentration of certain substances in the blood

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Nephron

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The unit in the kidney that filters blood

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Urine

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The liquid excreted by the kidneys stored in the bladder and passed through the urethra to the outside of the body

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Nervous system

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The structures that control the actions and reactions of the body in response to stimuli from the environment

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Brain

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The organ that is the main control center of the nervous system

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Spinal cord

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A Column of nerve tissue running from the base of the brain through the vertebral

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Neuron

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A nerve cell that is specialized to recurve and conduct electrical impulses

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Axon

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An elongated extension of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body

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Dendrite

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Branch like extensions of a neuron that receives impulses from neighboring neurons

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Endocrine system

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A collection of glands and groups of cells that secrete hormones that regulate growth, development, and homeostasis

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Hormone

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A substance that is made in one cell or tissue and that causes a change in another cell and tissue in a different part of the body

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Gland

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A group of cells that make chemicals for use elsewhere in the body

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Uterus

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In female placemental mammals the hollow muscular organ in which an embryo embeds itself and develops into a fetus

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Ovary

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In the female productive system of animals , an organ that produces eggs

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Egg

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A sex cell produced by a female

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Embryo

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In humans, a developing individual from first division after fertilization through the tenth week of pregnancy

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Placenta

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The partly fetal and partly maternal organ by which materials are exchanged between a fetus and the mother

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Umbilical cord

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The rope like structure through which blood vessels pass and by which developing mammal is connected to the placenta

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Fetus

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A developing human from the end of the tenth week of pregnancy until birth

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Pathogen

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A microorganism, another organism, a virus, or a protein that causes diseases

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Immune system

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The cells and tissues that recognize and attack foreign substances in the body

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Macrophage

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An immune system cell that engulfs pathogens and other materials

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T cell

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An immune system cell that coordinates the immune system and attacks many infected cells

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B cell

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A white blood cell that makes antibodies

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Antibody

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A protein made by B cells that blinds to a specific antigen

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Immunity

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The ability to resist or recover from an infectious disease

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Vaccine

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A substance that is prepared from killed or weakened pathogens or from genetic material and that is introduced into a body to produce immunity

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