Organ systems and Body Organization
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taybungirl2906 on January 23, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Respiratory | Takes oxygen into the body and eliminates carbon dioxide and releases C02 |
| Nervous (sensory) | Protects body, balance, keeps water inside, and gives body information regarding changes in the environment. |
| Skeletal | Allows movement, supports, protects and works with muscles. |
| Muscular | Enables the body to move, moves food through the digestive system and keeps the heart beating |
| Circulatory | Carries needed materials to the body cells, carries wastes away from body cells and helps fight disease |
| Digestive | Takes food into the body, breaks down and absorbs digested materials to give energy to body. |
| Excretory | Removes waste from the body |
| Reproductive | Creates offspring and produce sperm and egg. Controls male and female characteristics. |
| Immune | Kills bad things that get in your body |
| Endocrine | Controls body processes (ex. Sugar intake) |
| Cell | The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning. |
| Tissue | Forms a definite kind of structural material with a specific function in a multicellular organism.There are four basic types: muscle, nerve, epithelial, and connective. |
| Organ | A grouping of tissues in a part of the body that performs a specific function. |
| Muscle tissue | A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement. |
| Connective tissue | Tissue that connects, supports, binds, or separates other tissues or organs. |
| Epithelial tissue | Membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body. |
| Nerve tissue | A highly differentiated tissue composed of nerve cells, nerve fibers, dendrites, and neuroglia. |
| Homeostasis | The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment. |
| Stress | The reaction of your body and mind to threatening, challenging, or disturbing events. |
| Adrenaline | Gives you a burst of energy and causes many other changes in your body. These changes prepare you to take quick action. |
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