Bones
The dense, outer layer of a bone
What is compact bone?
The type of muscle that is responsible for movement throughout the body like moving food through the digestive system
What is smooth muscle?
Transmit messages from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body
What are neurons?
Bonus 50 points: what is the upper arm bone that attaches at the shoulder that is easily dislocated with an intense hit to the shoulder?
When a bone is forced out or slips out of place in the joint
Bonus: the Humerus
The two parts of the autonomic nervous system are
Bonus 200 points
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Explain what the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are responsible for controlling
The process by which bone is formed, renewed, and repaired
What is ossificiation?
When does a muscle contract
When it received a nerve impulse to do so.
The several layers of connective tissue that surround the spinal cord are called
What is the spinal meninges?
What is important to do before any exercise session to prevent injuries
A warmup and stretching
What is the most important thing you can do to keep your nervous system healthy?
Protect it from injury
providing support, protecting internal organs and tissues from damage, acting as a framework for attached muscles, allowing movement, producing new blood cells, storing fat and minerals
The ______1._____ muscle of a joint closes that joint. The ______2._____ muscle of a joint opens that joint.
1. The flexor
2. The extensor
Name the 4 lobes of each of the hemispheres of the cerebrum.
Bonus 100 points: Which of these lobes is responsible for feelings of heat, cold, pain, touch, and body position in space.
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe
Bonus: The parietal lobe
What type of fracture is characterized by one or both ends of the bone piercing through the skin?
Bonus: what is a major medical concern with this type of fracture (other than it's already broken)
A compound fracture
Bonus: infection
What structure(s) are the beginning of the peripheral nervous system?
The spinal nerves
Bones are classified by
Bonus 100 points: name 2 classifications of bones
What is their shape?
Long bones, flat bones, short bones, irregular bones
Name 3 of the muscles in the upper body ON THE BACK.
Latissimus dorsi, brachioradialis, deltoid, trapezius, levator scapulae, rhomboids, rotator cuff, triceps brachii
Name the 3 parts of each neuron and what each part does.
Cell body--contains the nucleus
axon--transmit impulses from the cell body toward another neuron, muscle cell, or gland
dendrite--receive information and transmit impulses toward the cell body
The definition of tendonitis
overuse of tendons that may lead to painful swelling and irritation
The somatic nervous system is responsible for controlling the
Voluntary body responses
Red blood cells are formed in
When a muscle is overstretched or partially torn from overexertion
What is a muscle strain?
What are the medulla oblongata, the pons, the midbrain, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus?
3 Examples of weight bearing exercises
Walking, Running, Dancing, Plyometrics,
What makes a reflex different from any other nervous system response