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Transports food from the mouth to the stomach

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Esophagus

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Pathway from the nose and mouth to the lungs.

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Trachea

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Protect the thoracic cavity

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Ribs

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Expand the rib cage

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Intercostal muscles

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Produces bile and hormones

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Liver

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Stores bile

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Gall bladder

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Stores and digests food

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Stomach

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Stores and releases red blood cells into the the blood stream

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Spleen

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Produces digestive enzymes and insulin

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Pancreas

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Most digestion and nutrient absorption occurs

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Small intestine

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Move air from the pharynx to the trachea

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Larynx

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Absorbs water and excretes solid waste material

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Large intestine

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Filters water and waste from blood

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Kidney

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Drains a kidney.

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Kidney ureter

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Stores urine

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Urinary bladder

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Supplies oxygen to fetus

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Umbilical artery

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Produces and stores eggs

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Ovary

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Produces sperm

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Testes

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Major vein returning blood from the lower extremities and from the abdominal area

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Posterior

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Systemic vein above the heart.

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Anterior

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3 flaps and releases the blood from the left ventricle to the aorta

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The aortic valve

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Largest and strongest chamber, receives blood from the left atrium and pumps blood to the aorta via the aortic valve

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Left ventricle

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Receives blood from the right atrium via the tricuspid valve and releases the blood into the lungs to pick up oxygen via the pulmonary valve

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Right ventricle

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2 bottom chambers of the heart. Pump blood out of the heart to the body and lungs

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Ventricles

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Receives oxygenated blood from the Pulmonary veins and releases it into the left ventricle via the mitral valve

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Left atrium

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Receives blood returning from the body and releases it into the right ventricle via the tricuspid valve

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Right atrium

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The 2 top chambers of the heart. ____ receive the blood that has returned to the heart from the body and lungs.

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Atria

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Separates oral cavity from the nasal cavity

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Hard palate

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Separates oral cavity from the nasal cavity, except without a bone

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Soft palate

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Tastes and moves food in mouth

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Tongue

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Taste buds

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Papillae

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Prevents food from getting into the trachea

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Epiglottis

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