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Henry
Function: Heart, diaphragm, biceps/triceps
● Allow movement for body Tendon: connects muscle to bones
● Stretch joints for stability
● Posture
SkeletalMuscle:attached to the bones
Muscular Two Types of Muscles: and
1. Skeletal Muscles: muscles helps us move
you CAN control (Skeletal smooth muscle tissue: make up most of
Muscles) the organs
2. Smooth and Cardiac: of our body
muscles you CANNOT control cardiac muscle: make up the heart
Rain Mouth
Function: Esophagus: _a transport tube that
directs the progression of food and fluids
*Direction of food movement: from the mouth to the stomach_
Digestive Stomach, Liver, Pancreas
Small Intestine: _to absorb most of the
nutrients _
Large Intestine: _____________
Rectum, Anus
Joseph
Function: controls ALL the
activities of the body: it’s the
“boss”
Two parts of nervous system:
1. Central Nervous system Brain: control center of our body
(CNS): made up of brain and functions
Nervous Spinal cord: connects brain with the rest
spinal cord, controls all
activities of the body. of the body
2. Peripheral Nervous System Nerves: nerve cells
(PNS): made up of all the
nerves outside of CNS, and
carries messages between
CNS to the all parts of the body
Hypothalamus- involved in different daily activities
like eating or drinking, in the control of the body's
temperature and energy maintenance, and in the
process of memorizing and in stress control
anterior and posterior pituitary gland- Connected
to the brain by short blood vessels.
Thyroid- produces hormones that regulate the
body's metabolic rate controlling heart, muscle and
Endocrine digestive function, brain development and bone
maintenance.
System Function: collection of glands Parathyroid- main function is to make parathyroid
that produce hormones that regulate hormone.
metabolism, growth and development, tissue Adrenal Glands- produce hormones that help
function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood
pressure, response to stress and other essential
and mood functions.
Pancreas- releases juices directly into the
Want Want bloodstream
Gonad- production of steroid hormones.
Joseph
Lymphatic vessels - A network of capillaries that
transports lymph away from the tissue.
Bone marrow - Manufactures bone marrow stem
cells and other things to make blood.