Abigail Adams summary: The wife of the second president of the United States was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Both her parents were born in Massachusetts. Abigailâs father, Rev. William Smith, was born in Charlestown, and her mother, Elizabeth Quincy, in Braintree.
system. noun sysÂ·tem \Ësis-tÉm\. Tweet. : a group of related parts that move or work together. : a body of a person or animal thought of as an entire group of parts that work together.
The nervous system is a collection of cells, tissues, and organs through which an organism receives information from its surroundings and then directs the organism as to how to respond to that information. As an example, imagine that a child accidentally touches a very hot piece of metal.