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| What is an artery? | A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
| What is the bile? | A bitter fluid that helps with digestion |
| What is blood? | The fluid that carries oxygen and other elements to the tissues and carbon dioxide away from the tissues through the heart and vascular system |
| What is the brain? | The mass of nerve tissue located in the head of animals with spinal cords; it is the center of thought and controls movement |
| What is the cardiovascular system? | The system of organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body |
| What is the CNS (central nervous system)? | The part of the nervous system comprising of the brain and the spinal cord |
| What the digestive system does? | Is the part of the body that stores and processes food |
| What is a gland? | An organ or group of cells that releases substances or waste from the body |
| What the heart does? | Is the organ that controls the flow of blood in the body |
| What is the intestine? | The portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus |
| What is the joint? | A movable or fixed place or part where two bones or elements of a skeleton join |
| What is the liver? | An organ in the body that secretes bile to help digest carbohydrates, fats and proteins |
| What are the lungs? | A pair of organs in which oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood |
| What is a nerve? | Its a fiber forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body |
| What does the pancreas do? | This organ both regulates insulin and secretes enzymes to break down carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids |
| What is the respiratory system? | The set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body |
| What is the spinal cord? | Its the thick column of nerve tissue that extends from the base of the brain about two thirds of the way down the backbone |
| What is the spleen? | An organ near the stomach that has various roles in purifying and storing the blood |
| What is the tonsil? | Either of a pair of oval masses of lymphoid tissue, one on each side of the throat at the back of the mouth |
| What is a vein? | A blood vessel that carries depleted blood back to the heart |