Skeletal System
How many bones are in your body
206
What do muscles do?
Allow for voluntary and unvuntary movements.
What are the two main parts of the nervous system?
The brain and spinal cord.
What is the cerebrum?
The brain.
What is a break in the bone called?
Fracture.
What is one way to care for the skeletal system.
Eat healthy, physical activity, medication, etc.
How do muscles work?
Consist of long, fibrous cells that make every part of your body move
What is a layer?
One thickness or fold spread over or under another.
What does the brain control and coordinate?
The nervous system.
What is a bone that slips out of place?
A dislocation.
What is a joint
The point which two points meet
How does good posture affect your muscles?
Keeps your muscles strong, especially your back.
What is a vertebra?
The spinal bone.
What are the pons?
Helps regulate breathing and controls the muscles.
What is arthritis?
Inflammation in the joints.
What is a ligament
A band of fibrous slightly elastic connective that attaches one bone to another.
What are the muscles that close and open the joint?
Flexor and extensor.
What are nerves made up of?
Neurons.
What is the 3-inch long stalk of nerve cells and fibers that connects the spinal cord to the rest of the brain?
The Brain Stem
What is the disorder that gradually destroys the fibers of the skeletal muscles.
Musclular distophy.
What is the process by which bone is formed, renewed and repaired.
Ossification
What is a cardiac muscle?
Type of strained muscle that forms the wall of the heart.
How many pairs of cervical nerves do you have?
8.
What regulates heartbeat and respiratory rate.
Medulla oblongata
What is the group of neurological disorders that are the result of damage to the brain.
Cerebral Palsy