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THE HUMAN BODY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - It moves the blood to transport nutrients, gases and other molecules around the body
      - The heart pumps blood around the body and to do this it contracts and relaxes about 70 times a minute
        
        It is made of cardiac muscle, an involuntary and striated muscle
  - - - It allows to take in vital oxygen and expel carbon dioxide
      - The lungs take oxygen from the air that we inhale and deliver it to the blood.
        They remove carbon dioxide.
        
        We can live with only one lung
  - - - It makes and moves lymph (a clear alkaline fluid that contains white cells).
        It removes excess lymph fluid from bodily tissues and returns it to the blood
  - - - They secrete hormones into the blood. The hormones travel and regulate various function like metabolism, homeostasis, growth and sexual development.
  - - - It provides defence against pathogens
  - - - It controls both voluntary actions and involuntary actions and send signals to different parts of the body
      - The brain is the control center.
        It receives and sends signal to other organs.
        It is responsible for thoughts, feelings, memory storage and general perception of the world
        
        Brain damage is permanent
  - - - It allows support and movement.
        It is involved in the production of blood cells and the storage of calcium
  - - - It allows the body to break down and absorb food and eliminate waste
      - The liver detoxifies the body of harmful chemicals, break down drugs and filters blood.
        It produces blood-clotting protein.
        It is responsible for the secretion of bile.
        
        Bile has two important functions:
        It assists with fat digestion and absorption of the gut and it helps the body to excrete waste products from the blood
  - - - It helps eliminate the urea, it regulates electrolyte balance and acid-base homeostasis and controls blood volume, pressure and pH
      - The job of the kidneys is to remove waste and extra fluid from the blood. They take urea out of the blood and combine it with water to make urine
  - - - A sperm cell fuses with an egg cell which creates a fertilized egg that implants in on e lining of the uterus and grows there
  - - - It protects the body from the outside world
        It regulates the temperature of the body and eliminates waste