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Spleena lymphoid organ responsible for making lymphocytes, storing blood and removing exhausted blood cells | |
Spongy bonetype of bone found in the epiphyses of the long bones | |
Squamous cellsepithelial cells that are flattened in shape | |
Stomachan organ within the digestive system where the breakdown of food begins | |
Stratified epitheliumlayers of epithelial cells | |
Subcutaneousunder the skin | |
Sudiferous glandssweat glands | |
Sutures (skull)fibrous connective tissue joints that unite the bones of the skull | |
Sympathetic nervous systempart of the autonomic nervous system triggered during stressful or stimulating events | |
Symphysisa cartilaginous joint that unites two sides of the body | |