Human Body Vocabulary Ch. 12, 4th grade!

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Human Body VocabularyCh. 12, 4th grade!

• By Ramona Aldridge

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Artery

• A blood vessel that carries blood away from the
  heart.

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Bone

• A hard organ made of 3 kinds of tissue.

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Capillary

• A tiny, thin walled blood vessel.

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Diaphragm

• Muscle that causes breathing.

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Esophagus

• A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the
  stomach.

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Muscle

• An organ made of bundle of fibers.

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Plasma

• The liquid in which blood cells travel.

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Vein

• A blood vessel that carries blood back to the
  heart.

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Joint

• The place where bones meet.

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Spinal cord

• A bundle of nerve tissue that run through your
  backbone to your brain.

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Stomach

• A baglike organ with walls of smooth muscle

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References

• http//www.betemunah.org/body_files/image011.jpg
• library.thinkquest.org/.../introtocircsys.htm
• www.web-ak.com/waco/library/bones2.html
• www.nlm.nih.gov/.../ency/imagepages/8756.htm
• no-blood.org/plasma.html
• www.aidmyarthritis.com/.../information.php
• www.buzzle.com/articles/peripheral-nervous-sy...