Skeletal System
The skull, spine and sacrum.
What is the axial skeleton?
These muscles are located on the front upper torso and are responsible for pushing and hugging movements.
What are the pectorals?
This connects bones to other bones.
What is a ligament?
A single cell in the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
This is a strong sheet of connective tissue that wraps around and runs through nearly everything in your body.
The spinal column is composed of _____ vertebrae.
What is 33?
These are the largest muscles in the back.
What are the Lats and Traps?
The knee is an example of a ____ joint.
What is hinge?
This consists of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System?
This is the liquid component of connective tissues.
What is ground substance?
This vertebra is named for the Greek titan who held up the heavens.
What is the atlas?
These muscles run along the length of the spine.
What are the erectors?
This is the action of decreasing the angle of a joint.
What is flexion?
Your second brain.
This is the most common cell found in connective tissues.
This is made up of 12 vertebrae and 12 pairs of ribs.
What is the thorax?
This is the major muscle of the shoulder.
This is an injury to tendon.
What is a strain?
This part of the peripheral nervous system regulates involuntary body functions.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
This makes up the majority of the structure of connective tissues.
What is collagen?
These are the three long bones that make up the leg.
What are the femur, tibia and fibula?
This is the largest muscle in the human body.
What is the gluteus Maximus?
These are the major joints of the body
What are the immovable, hinge, ball and socket, pivot, and gliding?
This is the longest cranial nerve in the body.
What is the vagus nerve?
These can restrict movement and cause damage the surrounding area, triggering inflammation.
What are adhesions?