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Platelets {Ans: Helps your blood clot when you get a cut}Sensory Organs {Ans: Gather information from the body or environment}Antibodies {Ans: Help to fight an infection}Red Blood Cells {Ans: Carries oxygen to organs, responsible for making blood appear red}White Blood Cells {Ans: Defends against infections}Veins {Ans: Carry waste and carbon dioxide from the body to the lungs/heart}Spinal Cord {Ans: Bundle of nerves that begins at the brain stem}Plasma {Ans: 55% of your blood is plasma}Cerebellum {Ans: Helps with balance and coordination}Brain {Ans: Controls and coordinates the activities in the body}Alveoli {Ans: Where gas exchange happens}Peripheral Nerves {Ans: Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord}Tissues {Ans: Group of specialized cells that work together to perform the same function}Capillaries {Ans: Small vessels where oxygen and nutrients leave the blood and go into cells and carbon dioxide leaves cells and goes into the blood.}Arteries {Ans: Carries blood that has oxygen from the heart to the body}Lungs {Ans: Main organ where gasses are exchanged between the air and blood}Innate Immunity {Ans: The protection that you are born with and the body's first line of defense.}Types of