Nervous system
The CNS consists of...
Brain and spinal cord
How many valves are contained within the heart?
4
What type of muscle is voluntary?
skeletal
The process of chewing
mastication
The skull, vertebral column, bony thorax make up the
Axial Skeleton
The neuron is composed of:
dendrites, cell body, and axon
What is it called when a patient has a rapid heart beat (over 100 beats per minute)
Tachycardia
What are the three muscle types in the body?
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Stores and concentrates the bile produced in the liver
Gallbladder
An incomplete break
greenstick fracture
These are the two major functions of nerves.
Sense feelings (pain, heat, etc) and move muscles
Which side of the heart receives oxygen-poor blood from the veins?
The Right Side
What is the ability of a muscle to recoil after being stretched?
elasticity
The inner most layer of the gastrointestinal tract wall.
Mucosa
The only bone that does not directly come in contact with other bones
hyoid bone
[Blank] respond to stimuli and carry electrical pulses toward the central nervous system
Sensory neurons
Sinoatrial (SA) Node is also known as...
the pacemaker of the heart
What type of muscle forms the walls of hollow internal structures?
smooth
The last section of the digestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material is eliminated from the body.
Large Intestine
hormone responsible for regulating calcium levels
PTH
The four lobes of the brain.
Temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe, and the frontal lobe?
The amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute
Cardiac Output (CO)
What is a cross-bridge?
The connection of a myosin head group to an actin filament during muscle contraction (the sliding filament theory).
A disorder where the large intestine absorbs too much water, causing the feces to be dry and hard.
Constipation
The elongated bursa that wraps completely around a tendon subjected to friction
tendon sheath