Body parts and function

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    • Brain -body's control system
    • Frontal lobe
      Largest lobe responsible for thinking, self control , emotion
    • Parietal lobe
      Responsible for organizing and interpreting
    • Occipital lobe
      Responsible for visual processing
    • Cerebellum
      Responsible for fine movement and balance
    • Brain stem
      Connects to the spinal cord
    • Lungs - parts of the respiratory system responsible for breathing
    • Heart - provide blood to the body ( pumps blood to the body)
    • Parts of the heart
      Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
    • Spleen - stores blood and filters blood ( create white blood cells )
    • Stomach - breaks down food
    • Pancreas - has two functions exocrine function and endocrine function
    • Endrocine function
      Regulates blood sugar with insulin and glucagon
    • Insulin
      High blood pressure
    • Liver - important organ in the metabolic system
    • Liver function
      - purify blood , metabolism of nutrients , detoxifies chemicals and metabolize drugs , production of plasma proteins and blood clothing factors , production of cholesterol , production of bilo , destroy bacteria
    • Gall bladder - stores bile produce by liver
    • Kidney - filter bloods , create urine , detect water balance and activate vitaman D
    • Small and large intestine - digest food , filter out waste , absorbs water
    • Bladder - urinary tract system ; identify useful and waste products ( store's urine )
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