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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heart | The heart is a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood in two circuits, the pulmonary and the systemic. The medical term for the heart is cardiac |
| Blood vessels | Blood vessels are channels that carry blood throughout your body. |
| Blood | blood the fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins and is the chief means of transport within the body. |
| Hormones | Hormones are chemical messengers that affect and manage hundreds of bodily processes. |
| Pituitary gland | a small, pea-sized gland located at the base of your brain below your hypothalamus. It’s a part of your endocrine system and is in charge of making several essential hormones. |
| Thyroid | The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the front of your neck under your skin. It is a part of your endocrine system and produces hormones that regulate blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, and weight |
| Adrenal glands | Adrenal glands are endocrine glands located on top of your kidneys. They produce many important hormones, including cortisol, aldosterone and adrenaline. |
| Pancreas | The pancreas is a large gland in the back of your abdomen (belly). It makes: Enzymes to help with digestion (exocrine system). Hormones to control the amount of sugar in your bloodstream (endocrine system). |
| Gonads | Gonads are the reproductive organs responsible for producing and releasing eggs in females and sperm in males |
| Tonsils | Your tonsils are two round, fleshy masses in the back of your throat. They help filter out germs that enter through your nose or mouth to protect the rest of your body from infection. |
| Spleen | The spleen is a small organ inside your left rib cage, just above the stomach. The spleen stores and filters blood and makes white blood cells that protect you from infection. |
| Thymus | |
| Lymph nodes | Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped organs that filter substances in your body. Cells that help fight infections make up your lymph nodes along with lymph tissue. |
| Lymphatic vessels | Lymphatic vessels are tube-like structures that carry fluid away from the tissues to deliver it back into the blood’s circulation. |
| Lymph fluid | Lymph is watery fluid that moves through your lymphatic system. |
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