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SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY

SYS. 01

Musculoskeletal

650+ muscles and the skeletal frame that shapes, protects, and moves the body.

SYS. 02

Cardiovascular

Heart, lungs and vessels moving five liters of blood through pulmonary, coronary and systemic circuits.

SYS. 03

Head & Nerveous

​Central and peripheral networks that send, receive and process every impulse in the body.

SYS. 04

Digestive

From the first bite to absorption - the long conversion of food into what sustains every cell.

SYS. 05

Respiratory

​600 million alveoli exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide, breath after breath.

SYS. 06

Urinary & Reproductive

​The organs responsible for homeostasis — and, ultimately, for the continuation of the species.

STUDENT & FAMILY GUIDES

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