O-R-G-A-N-S
The dome-shaped muscle that must contract in order for you to breathe.
What is the diaphragm?
For making babies
What is the reproductive system?
Skeletal Muscles attach to bones via these tough, cord-like attachments
What are tendons?
Groups of cells working together to perform a particular function.
What is a Tissue?
Muscles that move whether you think about it or not.
What are involuntary muscles?
Connect the kidneys to the bladder
What are ureters?
Part of the skeletal system that includes the appendages.
Strong, tough tissues that connect bones to other bones
What are ligaments?
This type of tissue Provides Motion
What is muscle tissue?
Largest part of the brain; controls conscious thought and reason.
What is the cerebrum?
DAILY DOUBLE
300 million tiny air sacs that allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
What are the alveoli?
The organ system that refers to the hair, skin, and nails.
What is the integumentary system?
Type of joint that allow you to move your arms and legs in many directions
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
Links the parts of the body together
Ex: Bone, blood, fat, tendons
What is connective tissue?
DAILY DOUBLE
The pigment in the epidermis that gives the skin its color and protects you from UV light from the sun
What is Melanin?
The organ in which bile is stored in.
What is the gallbladder?
The part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
Moveable joints have THIS at the ends to allow for easy movement - also a type of connective tissue
What is cartilage?
Conducts impulses to and from all the parts of the body.
Nerve (Nervous) Tissue
Allows the exchange of nutrients and oxygen through the blood between mom and baby
The first section of the small intestine.
What is the duodenum?
Produces hormones in small quantities that do many functions around the body.
The muscle attachment at the MOVEABLE end of the joint
Fits tightly together to form a leak-proof barrier
What is Epithelial Tissue?
The glands that secrete insulin and glucagon that regulate sugar levels.
What are the Islets of Langerhans?