Anatomy & Physiology
The study of the human body, all its parts, and how it's put together.
What is Anatomy?
The longest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
The muscles that are attached to and move your bones.
What are skeletal muscles?
The process of digestion where the chemicals in foods are changed into smaller chemical components so your body can use them.
What is chemical digestion?
Units we use to measure energy.
What are calories?
The membrane that surrounds the nucleus.
What is nuclear membrane?
When exposed to the sun, your body absorbs and uses this to make strong bones.
What is vitamin D?
These connect skeletal muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
Chemicals that help your body break food down into smaller components.
What are enzymes?
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms linked together in specific forms that can be broken down to give your body the energy it needs.
What are carbohydrates?
A group of tissues that work together to form a special body function.
What is an organ?
A firm but resilient material in the body and on the ends of bones that absorbs shock well and keeps the bones from getting hurt when they rub against one another.
What is cartilage?
Strands of protein inside skeletal muscle cells.
What are myofibrils?
Special organs in your renal system that produce urine.
What are kidneys?
The measure for how quickly food releases energy in the form of glucose into your bloodstream.
What is glycemic index?
The study of how all the parts of the body function.
What is physiology?
The tissues that connect one bone to another bone.
What are ligaments?
A pair of muscles or muscle groups that act to pull a bone in opposite directions.
What are antagonistic muscles?
The part of the body where nutrients are processed.
What is the liver?
Substances found in food that your body needs to be healthy.
What are nutrients?
The organelles inside a cell that give the cell power.
What are mitochondria?
A disease, caused by vitamin D deficiency, that causes weak and misformed bones.
What is rickets?
The type of energy production that requires oxygen.
What is aerobic?
A powerful enzyme in the stomach that is needed to break down the proteins eaten into smaller chemical components that the body can use.
What is pepsin?
A process whereby unsaturated fats are chemically converted into saturated fats.
What is hydrogenation?