Miscellaneous: Part I Body Systems and Homeostasis

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  1. 2. The tissues, glands, and organs involved in producing offspring
  2. 3. The glands and organs that make hormones and release them directly into the blood
  3. 7. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body.
  4. 11. One of many substances made by glands in the body
  5. 14. Mechanical digestion involves physically breaking down food substances into smaller particles to more efficiently undergo chemical digestion
  6. 16. the ability of an organism to deal with the consequences of a disruption by regulating its own inherent dynamics in response to specific changes in internal and external environments.
  7. 17. composed of cells that have the special ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts.
  8. 19. consists of organs which remove metabolic wastes and toxins from the body.
  9. 20. is made of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs and all the neurons that serve as communication channels
  10. 21. the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
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  1. 1. The system that contains the heart and the blood vessels and moves blood throughout the body
  2. 4. an organ system responsible for providing strength, keeping up the balance, maintaining posture,
  3. 5. an organ system comprised of organs in which the major function is to convert food into simpler, absorbable nutriments
  4. 6. system consists of bones, joints and associated cartilages.
  5. 8. consists of the set of organs and tissues involved in the uptake of oxygen from the atmosphere and the release of carbon dioxide
  6. 9. An organ that makes one or more substances, such as hormones, digestive juices, sweat, tears, saliva, or milk
  7. 10. groups of organs and tissues that work together to perform important jobs for the body
  8. 12. consist of a single muscle cell.
  9. 13. blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart.
  10. 15. The smallest type of blood vessel.
  11. 18. a biological occurrence wherein the output of a system amplifies the system (positive feedback) or inhibits the system