Skeletal System
Purpose of the skeletal system.
Movement, support, protection
Purpose of the muscular system
Movement and pumping blood
Purpose of DNA
pass on traits, contain the directions for life
Body systems involved in movement
muscular, skeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, etc.
Particle our eyes detect
photon/light
206
How it feels when you tire out your muscles
Letters found in DNA
A, T, C, G
Structure that attaches a muscle to the bone
tendon
papillae (taste buds)
Longest bone in the human body
femur
Reason for muscles getting tired after a workout
Overuse the available energy
Gene
Number of tendons in the human hand
5
Number of bones in the middle ear that help us hear
3
Reason why babies have more bones than adults do
Their bones fuse together as they age. OR the cartilage hardens into bones
3 types of muscle tissue
cardiac, smooth, skeletal
When a gene overpowers another version of the same gene
Dominant
Largest tendon in the human body
Achilles (ankle)
Percentage of taste that is actually smell
~75%
Stuff found inside bones
red bone marrow, yellow bone marrow, blood vessels
calcium, potassium, sodium
Two versions of the same gene
Alleles
Structure that connects bone to other bones
ligaments
People most likely to be color blind
men