| Term | Definition |
|---|
| brain | the control center of your nervous system |
| nevron | a nerve cell |
| nerve | a group of nevrons that carries signals from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain |
| spinal cord | the tubes of nerves that run through your spine or backboard |
| esohagus | the tube that connects your mouth to yur stomach |
| stomach | a bag made up of smooth muscle that mixs food with digestive juices |
| small intestine | a long tube of muscle where most food is digested |
| large intestine | the last part of the digestive system where water is removed by food |
| lungs | the main orgns of the respiratory system |
| capillary | a tiny blood vessel that allows gases and nutrients to pass from blood to cells |
| heart | the muscle that pumps blood through blood vessels to all parts of the body |
| artery | a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
| vein | a large blood vessel that returns blood to the heart |
| tissue | a large group of cells of the same type |
| organ | a group of tissue different kind working together to perform a task |
| cardiac muscle | a type of muscle that works the heart |
| smooth muscle | a type of muscle found in walls such as the stomach, intestines, blood vessels, and bladder |
| straited muscle | a muscle with light and dark stripes |
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