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Epidermis

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Protects deeper tissues with a covering. Produces Vitamin D

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Dermis

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Contains blood vessels, nerves and glands. Supplies epidermis with nutrients and oxygen. Has fat stores.

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Hair Follicles

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Percives stimuli through the nervous system

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Hairs

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Insulation, Protection and sensory purposes

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Sebaceous glands

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Lubricates hair shafts and epidermis.

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Sweat Glands

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Thermoregulation

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Nails

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Stiffens and protects tips of fingers and toes

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Sensory receptors

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Detects sensations. (Touch, pressure, temperature, pain)

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Hypodermis

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Attaches skin to deeper layers. Provides Insulation through fat stores and cushioning.

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What are the two layers of the dermis?

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Papillary (aeolar tissue), Reticular (connective tissue)

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Tactile Corpuscle

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Detecting touch and vibrational stimuli

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Lamellated Corpuscle

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Detecting pressure

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Skeletal Muscles

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Movement, produces heat through shivering, supports the skeleton and protects soft tissues. Also controls entrances and exits for the digestive, respiratory and urinary systems.

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Axial muscles

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Provides support and positioning of axial skeleton

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Appendicular muscles

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Supports and moves limbs

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Tendons

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Rope like connections between muscle and bone. Transmits force generated by muscle contractions into the bones.

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Aponeuroses

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Broad, flat sheet like tendons that attach muscles to other muscles or to bone.

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Bone

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Provides support, serves as attachment sites, stores minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.

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Cartilage

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Connective tissue which provides cushioning between bones, (reducing friction and allowing for smooth movements)

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Ligaments

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Fibrous tissues which connect bones to other bones at joints. Limits excessive movement and prevents dislocation.

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Axial Skeleton

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Protects the brain and spinal cord, sense organs and soft tissues of the thorax. Supports body weight over lower limbs

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Appendicular skeleton

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Provides internal support and positioning of the external limbs. Allows muscles to move the axial skeleton

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Red bone marrow

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Red blood cell production (occurs in flat bones)

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Yellow bone marrow

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Stores of fat cells (found in long bones), after a major bleeding some yellow bone marrow will turn to red.

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Central Nervous system components

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Includes the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve

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Brain

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Command centre, processes information and controls movement and behaviour.

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Spinal Cord

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Relays information to and from brain. Less complex integrative activities

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Special senses

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Sensory input to brain relating to sight, hearing, smell, taste and equilibrium

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PNS

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Links CNS with other systems and sense organs

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Pineal Gland

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Controls day and night rhythms (melatonin)

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Hypothalamus/ Pituitary Gland

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Controls other endocrine glands, regulates growth and fluid balance

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Thyroid Gland

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Metabolic rate by thyroxine

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Parathyroid gland

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Calcium levels

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Adrenal glands

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water and mineral balance(aldersterone) , Tissue metabolism, (cortisol) Cardio and Respiratory function (adrenaline)

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Pancreas

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Glucose control, production of digestive enzymes

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Gonads

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Sexual characteristics and reproduction

37
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What is the result of too much growth hormone during childhood

38
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What is the result of too much growth hormone as a adult

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Acromegaly

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IGF

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insulin like growth factor secreted by liver

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Lymphatic vessels

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Contractile vessels, carries lymph fluid and lymphocytes from peripheral tissue to veins of CV system

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B cells and T cells

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Cells that carry out immune responses

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Lymph nodes and tonsils

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Monitor composition of lymph, stimulates immune response

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Spleen

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Monitors circulation, engulfs pathogens, recycle red blood cells, produces immune responses, large lymph nodes.

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Thymus (lymphatic)

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Controls development and maintenance of the T cell lymphocytes

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Heart

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Propels blood and maintains blood pressure

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Arteries

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Heart to capillaries

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Capillaries

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Diffusion between blood and interstitial fluids

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Veins

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Returns blood from capillaries to heart

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Blood

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Transport of O2, CO2, nutrients and hormones, removes waste, temperature regulation, defense against illness, acid base balance

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Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses

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Filter, warm and humidity air and detect smells

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Pharynx

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Conducts air to larynx

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Larynx

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Protects opening to trachea, vocal chords

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Trachea

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Conducts air, kept open by cartilage

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Bronchi

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Conducts air between trachea and lungs

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Lungs

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Air movement, Gas exchange of O2, CO2 in alveoli, acid base control

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Diaphragm

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Muscle and air movement

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Oral Cavity

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Breaks up food

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Salivary glands

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Buffers and lubricant, Enzymes that begin digestion

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Pharynx (Digestive)

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Solid food and liquids to the esophagus, chamber shared with trachea

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Esophagus

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Food to stomach

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Stomach

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Secrete acid, Enzymes, Hormones

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Small Intestine

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Digestive enzymes, Buffers and hormones, absorbs nutrients

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Liver

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Secreted Bile, regulates nutrients in blood

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Gallbladder

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Concentrated bile

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Pancreas

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Digestive enzymes, Buffers, Endocrine cells

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Large intestines and Anus

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Water removal, waste storage and removal

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Kidney

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Forms and concentrates urine, regulates blood pH and ions, Blood volume and blood pressure, calcium production

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Ureters

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Urine to bladder

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Bladder

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stores urine

70
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urethra

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conducts urine to exterior

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Testes

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Produce sperm and hormones

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Epididymis

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Sperm maturation

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Ductus deferens

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sperm from epididymis

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Seminal glands

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Seminal fluid

75
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Prostate glands

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Produce Seminal fluid

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Male Urethra

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Sperm to exterior

77
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External genitalia, Penis, Scrotum

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Reproduction and thermal control testes

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Ovaries

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Procured and hormones

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Uterine tubes

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Delivery oocyte, Location of fertilization

80
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Uterus

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Embryonic development

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Vagina and external genitalia

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Lubrication, Sperm reception, Birth canal

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Mammary glands

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Nutrition for new born

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