Body Systems
This system controls and coordinates all the other body system.
What is the nervous system?
The study of the structure and function of bones.
What is osteology?
The study of the structure, function, and diseases of the muscles.
What is myology?
The main control center of the body.
What is the brain?
The fluid that carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
What is blood?
The system that protects the body and regulates temperature.
What is the integumentary system?
The largest, strongest bone of the face.
What is the mandible?
Muscles that we control voluntarily.
What are striated (voluntary) muscles?
Nerves that carry messages to the brain.
What are sensory nerves?
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
This system breaks down food into nutrients the body uses for energy.
What is the digestive system?
These bones form the cheekbones.
What are the zygomatic bones?
This muscle covers the back of the neck and upper back and helps you tilt your head.
What is the trapezius?
Nerves that carry messages from the brain to the muscles.
What are motor nerves?
Blood vessels that bring blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
This system produces hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
What is the endocrine system?
The bone that forms the back of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
The muscle that closes the eyelid.
What is the orbicularis oculi?
The largest cranial nerve, responsible for facial sensations.
What is the trifacial (trigeminal) nerve?
The body's main pump that keeps blood moving.
The system responsible for filtering waste products from the blood.
What is the excretory/urinary system?
The two bones that form the sides and crown of the skull.
What are the parietal bones?
The three parts of a muscle.
What are the origin, belly, and insertion?
The two main subdivisions of the nervous system.
What are the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
The part of the blood that fights infection.
What are white blood cells?