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    Structure of Main Body Systems How The Human Body Works The Su Yi Win Health & Social Care (Foundation) Victoria University College Main Body Systems • A human body system consists of specific cells‚ tissues and organs that work together to perform specific functions. These systems work together to maintain your overall health. Some of the body systems are as below : Cardiovascular System • Consists of the Heart‚ Blood Vessels (Veins‚ Arteries‚ Capillaries) and Blood. Its main function is to

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    Devonne Lozada Living Environment 1/8/13 Mr.Jorez Human Muscular System Visceral muscle is found inside of organs like the stomach‚ intestines‚ and blood vessels. The weakest of all muscle tissues‚ visceral muscle makes organs contract to move substances through the organ. Because visceral muscle is controlled by the unconscious part of the brain‚ it is known as involuntary muscle—it cannot be directly controlled by the conscious mind. The term “smooth muscle” is often used

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    The human body consists of eleven major organ systems that maintain homeostasis: the skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ nervous‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ urinary‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ integumentary and lymphatic systems. These organ systems are dependent on each other to keep the human body in homeostasis. For example‚ the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate functions of other body systems because they allow information to be communicated throughout the body. The nervous system consists of

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    Organ Systems of the Human Body The human body is made up of 11 organ systems. The Integumentary System‚ Skeletal System‚ Muscular System‚ Nervous System‚ Endocrine System‚ Circulatory System‚ Lymphatic System‚ Respiratory System‚ Urinary SystemDigestive System‚ and Reproductive System for the male and female. Also‚ we have the Immune System which is an accumulation of cells rather than an organ system. Protection‚ support and movement are the main functions of the Integumentary system‚ Skeletal

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    An explanation of the physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in the body. (P4) In this assignment I will be explaining the physiology of two named body systems in relation to energy metabolism in the body‚ the Respiration system and the Digestive system. I will start off by giving a definition of energy metabolism in the body. Metabolism in the body is a collection of chemical reactions that takes place in the body’s cells. Metabolism converts the nutrients in the

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    body is made up of a number of systems that all interlink and produce everything we need in order to survive. Within the body there is the digestive system; the circulatory system‚ the nervous system‚ the muscular system‚ the skeletal system and the reproductive system. These systems are all part of one another and they share organs‚ tissues and cells and that is how they interlink. The diagram above shows each system and where they are located in the body. Each system is shown in a different image

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    The Human Body Systems By Yash Dhayal‚ Mathew Nemet‚ and Tom Battaglini Table Of Contents Overview * Skeletal system - Functions and Parts * Muscular System - Types of Muscles * Integumentary System - Functions * Circulatory System - Parts of the Circulatory System * Immune System - Organs and Cells of he Immune System * Respiratory System - Parts of the Respiratory System * Digestive System * Urinary System * Endocrine System * Nervous System Overview *

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    one has its own process and rate that it converts molecules. Studying enzymes shows how chemical reactions work. Without enzymes‚ chemical reactions would never be possible. One important enzyme in the body is the digestive enzyme; it helps to digest food‚ for they are vital to humans and life (Jon Barron‚ 2011). STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF AN ENZYME Each enzyme is made from an amino acid and is made by stringing together between 100 and 1‚000 amino acids in a special order. The chain of amino acids

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    (including humans). Crayfish are preyed upon heavily by fish‚ such as trout‚ pickerel‚ and bass‚ and other invertebrates may eat them. Body Plan Crayfish have bodies similar to that of the presumed ancestral crustacean. Such a body is essentially shrimp-like in that it is elongate and nearly cylindrical in cross section. The abdomen is well developed and its segmentation is easily noted. The crayfish has bilateral symmetry‚ anterior‚ posterior‚ dorsal‚ ventral‚ right‚ and left. Nervous System The crayfish

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    The Digestive System: Anatomy Review 1. List two main divisions of the digestive system. a. _____________________ b. _____________________ 2. The four main layers of the digestive tract wall are a. ___________. b. ___________. c. ___________. d. ___________. 3. Label the diagram below with the four main layers you listed in question 6. 4. The mucosa includes a type of columnar ________that forms the inner lining of the lumen 5. Blood and lymph vessels of the mucosa are found in its ______

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