13752942025 | integumentary system | Consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nail: protection, insolation, barrier, prevents dehydration, thermal regulation | 0 | |
13752956866 | skeletal system | muscle attachment, support, protect, movement, storage - bone marrow -calcium and phosphorous | 1 | |
13752972640 | Muscular System | movement, muscular contraction, generate heat | 2 | |
13752978684 | nervous system | movement, connections, communication, electrical + chemical signals; brain, nerves, spinal chord | 3 | |
13752995115 | digestive system | muscular system involved, smooth muscle, involuntary breakdown food into nutrients | 4 | |
13753006825 | circulatory system | delivers gases + food,(blood) to body: heart, veins, arteries, capillaries | 5 | |
13753023357 | respiratory system | gas exchange, pulmonary: lungs | 6 | |
13753032622 | endocrine system | hormones (chemical messengers) | 7 | |
13753035687 | lymphatic system | network of lymph vessels + lymph nodes (takes in extra fluid), background | 8 | |
13753044819 | immune system | fights germs, white blood cells, arsenal | 9 | |
13753049725 | excretory system | rids of metabolic waste, conserve water: kidney | 10 | |
13753054624 | reproductive isolation | make more of the organs | 11 | |
13753058289 | epithelial tissue | layer of cells that covers the entire internal and external surface of the body - if it comes in contact with the world -skin, mouth, GI tract | 12 | |
13753068719 | connective tissue | hold together, support, cushion, insulate, and connect - bone, cartilage, blood, fat, tendon, and ligament - matrix: liquid solid or in between | 13 | |
13753080224 | nervous tissue | a communication system made of neurons (nerve cells) -brain, spinal cord | 14 | |
13753090061 | muscular tissue | allows movement - cardiac: heart(involuntary) - smooth: hollow organs (involuntary) -skeletal: attached to bone (voluntary) | 15 | |
13753112759 | Axial | top half: skull, spine, ribs, sternum | 16 | |
13753121758 | Appendicular | bottom half: supports the arms and legs: arms, legs, scapula, clavicle, pelvis | 17 | |
13753129151 | periostuem | a thin sheet of connective tissue that covers the outside of a bone | 18 | |
13753137204 | compact bone | allows bone to take heavy stress | 19 | |
13753140609 | spongy bone | soft tissue | 20 | |
13753140610 | marrow | soft tissue | 21 | |
13753143157 | red marrow | red and white blood cells | 22 | |
13753146003 | yellow marrow | consists mostly of fat for an energy reserve | 23 | |
13753188056 | skeletal muscle | voluntary, striated, multi nucleated | 24 | |
13753195652 | smooth muscle | no striations, involuntary | 25 | |
13753198298 | cardiac muscle | striated and involuntary, intercalated discs | 26 | |
13753206047 | thick filaments | myosin | 27 | |
13753208086 | think filaments | actin | 28 | |
13753212501 | Sarcomere | contains 2 types of filaments -thick -thin | 29 | |
13753234268 | Cerebrum | thoughts, memory, intellect, sensation, complex movmement | 30 | |
13753241164 | Epithalamus | connects limbic system | 31 | |
13753249081 | Thalamous | relay center | 32 | |
13753249082 | Hypothalamus | body temp, hunger, primal, thirst: homeostasis | 33 | |
13753254941 | Cerebellum | balance | 34 | |
13753260741 | sensory (afferent) neurons | carry nerve impulses from sensory receptors to the spinal cord and brain | 35 | |
13753266003 | motor (efferent) neurons | carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands | 36 | |
13753271116 | Interneurons | carry impulses between sensory and motor neurons | 37 |
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