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Skeletal

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Protects, supports, framework for muscles, makes blood cells, stores minerals

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Integumentary

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Forms external body covering, protects deeper tissue from injury, synthesizes vitamin D, location of skin senses

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Muscular

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Allows movement, locomotion, facial expressions, maintains posture, produces heat

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Nervous

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Control system, response to internal and external changes by activating appropriate muscles and glands

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Endocrine

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Glands secret hormones that regulate processes such as growth, reproduction and metabolism

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Cardiovascular

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Blood vessels transport blood, heart pumps blood

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Lymphatic

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Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood, disposes of debris, houses white blood cells

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Respiratory

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Keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide

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Digestive

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Breaks down food into absorbable units, eliminates undigestible material as feces

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Urinary

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Removes nitrogenous wastes from body, regulates water, electrolyte and acid-base balance of blood

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Reproductive

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Production of sex cells that will lead to offspring, produces male/female hormones