Cardiovascular System
The thick membrane encasing the heart
What is the pericardium?
This muscle tissue create voluntary movements like catching a ball
What is striated?
These bones protect tendons from wear and stress
What are sesamoids?
This term refers to any part of the nervous system that is not the brain or spinal cord
What is peripheral?
The colorless liquid rich with white blood cells that attack bacteria in the blood
What is lymph?
This sends electrical signals through the heart to keep it pumping
What is the sinus node?
This is the portion of muscles joined to movable attachments such as bones, movable muscles, and skin
What is the insertion?
This system, also known as joints, is the connection made between the bones and the body
What is articular?
Axons take information away from the cell, while these bring information to the cell
What are dendrites?
He functions of the lymphatic system include balancing fluid, fighting infections, fat absorption, and this
What is waste removal?
Also called erythrocytes or red corpuscles
What are red blood cells?
Tendons attach bones to muscle, while these connect bones
What are ligaments?
Of the eight bones that compose the cranium, this number are affected by scalp massage
What is 6?
This subsystem of the autonomic nervous system accelerates heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood pressure
What is sympathetic?
This lymph node is located behind the ears and drains the scalp
What is the mastoid?
The process of blood traveling from the heart, through the body, and back to the heart
What is systemic/general circulation?
Dorsal describes the back surface of a body, while this term describes the front
What is ventral?
This is the longest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
Estheticians are primarily interested in these 3 facial nerves
What are the 5th, 7th, and 11th?
There are over 600 of these in the human body
What are lymph nodes?
The carotid supplies blood to head, face, and neck, while this vein returns the blood from head, face, and neck to the heart
What is the jugular vein?
Massaging in this direction is considered “following the facial line”
What is insertion to origin?
9 out of 14 bones are involved with this type of massage
What is facial massage?
The longest of the cranial nerves, also called the 5th cranial nerve
What is trifacial/trigeminal?
This lymphatic system structure removes old blood cells
What is the spleen?