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Integumentary
Protects body from injury, infection and dehydration; helps regulate body temperature; eliminates some wastes; produces vitamin D.
Skin, sweat and oil glands, nails, and hair
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Skeletal
Creates framework of body protects internal organs, produces blood cells, acts as levers of muscles.
Bones and cartilage
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Muscular
Produces movement protects internal organs, produces body heat, maintains posture.
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles
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Nervous
Coordinates and controls body activities.
Nerves , brain, spinal cord
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Special Senses
Allow body to react to environment by providing sight, hearing, taste, smell, and balance.
Eye, ear, tongue, nose, general sense receptors
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Circulatory
Carries oxygen and nutrients to body cells; carries waste products away from cells; helps produce cells to fight infection blood vessels.
Heart, blood, spleen
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Lymphatic
Carries some tissue fluid and wastes to blood assists with fighting infection.
Lymph nodes, lymph vessels, spleen, tonsils, and thymus gland.
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Respiratory
Breathes in oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide.
Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
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Digestive
Digests food physically and chemically, transports food, absorbs nutrients, eliminates waste.
Mouth, salivary glands, pharynx , esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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Urinary
Filters blood to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body produces and eliminates urine.
Mouth, salivary glands, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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Endocrine
Produces and secretes hormones to regulate body processes.
Pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, adrenal, and thymus glands; pancreas, ovaries, testes
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Reproductive
Provides for reproduction
Male: testes, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory duct, seminal vesicles, prostate gland, penis, urethraFemale: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, breasts
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