Human Organ Systems

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The _________ system includes the Anus
Digestive
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This goes to the stomach
Gullet
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This rests on top of the large intestine
Stomach
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This is the breaking down of food into simpler substances
Digestion
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This winds around the small intestine
Large intestine
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This system is for taking in oxygen and removing waste carbon dioxide
Respiratory
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This leads to the lungs
Windpipe
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These are what we use to breathe
Lungs
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This rests beneath the lungs
diaphragm
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Air enters the lungs by the what of the rib muscles and diaphragm?
movement
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This system removes waste materials from the body, some of which are poisonous
Excretory
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Waste material is filtered out of the blood by the _______ and made into urine
Kidneys
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Urine is stored in the _______ and released via the urethra
Bladder
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The _____ pumps blood around the body
heart
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The heart connects to these
veins and arteries
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This system is for producing offspring
Reproductive
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Eggs are produced by the _______ in a female
Ovaries
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Sperm are produced by the ______ of a male
Testes
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Both have these
Anuses, rectums and pubises
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Men have
penises and sperm ducts
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women have
vaginas and uteruses
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All senses contain ______ which send messages to the brain via the nervous system
nerves
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The brain produces a ________ which it sends via other nerves to the muscles
response
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The thing that all nerves connect in
brain
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the _____ nerve sends messages about sight
Optic nerve
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These run up your back
nerves
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This also runs up your back
spinal cord
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The _________ system produces and discharges chemicals called hormones
endocrine
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a number of ______ around the body produce these hormones
glands
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________ control things like growth or sexual characteristics and also bodily functions
hormones
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the _______ gland helps with eating and movement
thyroid
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The ________ rests in the middle of the body
pancreas
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The _______ ___ ______ produce sexual hormones
ovaries and testes
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the ________ system supports the body
skeletal
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There are 206 _____ in the body
bones
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Some bones (e.g. the _____) provide a tough barrier to protect delicate organs like the brain
skull
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_________ firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It is more widespread in the infant skeleton, being re
cartilage
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______ are attatched to bones
muscles
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muscles cause movement when they ________ and relax
contract
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a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
tendons
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This goes to the stomach

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Gullet

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This rests on top of the large intestine

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This is the breaking down of food into simpler substances

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This winds around the small intestine

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