Organ Systems Flashcards

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Muscular

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Skeletal muscles and moves your bones

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Integumentary

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Skin, hair, and nails protect underlying tissues

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Skeletal

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Bones that provide a frame to support and protect body parts

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Circulatory or cardiovascular

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Heart that pumps blood through blood vessels

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Nervous

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Receive and send electrical messages throughout the body

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Digestive

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Breaks down food you eat into nutrients that can be absorbed by your body

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Lymphatic

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Returns leaked fluids to blood vessels and helps get rid of germs that can harm you

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Endocrine

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Regulate body functions by sending out chemical messengers called hormones

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Respiratory

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Lungs absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide

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Urinary

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Removes wastes from the blood and regulates the body’s fluids

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Female reproductive

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Produces eggs and nourishes and shelters the unborn baby

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There are — major organ systems

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