Cells
The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
What is Osmosis?
Connective tissue that connects muscles to bones
What are Tendons?
Elbow and knee are a type of this joint
What is Hinge?
Thin filaments
What is Actin?
Single long fibers; conducts information away from the cell
What are Axons?
Phases of Mitosis in order
What is Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis?
4 types of connective tissue
What is Connective, Epithelial, Muscle, and Nervous?
Bone on each side of the top of skull
What is Parietal?
Muscle fiber membrane
What is Sarcolemma?
Coordinate the body's systems by receiving and sending information, maintaining homeostasis
What is the Overall Function?
Canals and channels that connect membrane to nucleus and to organelles within the cell. Function: transport system. Smooth and Rough
What is Endoplasmic Reticulum?
Consumes debris and foreign objects (In the matrix)
Mature bone cells
What are Osteocytes?
Only type of muscle tissue that is voluntary
Insulate axons
What are Myelin Sheaths?
Located inside the nucleus; responsible for the production of ribosomes
What is Nucleolus?
Type of epithelial tissue provides protection from scrapes and abrasions such as the skin and esophagus
Shaft of the bone
What is Diaphysis?
The contraction of a muscle occurs as the thin filaments slide past the thick filaments. Contains five different molecules and calcium ions.
What is the Sliding Filament Theory?
Make myelin sheaths
What are Oligodendrocytes?
Molecules tend to spread out, moving from areas of high concentration to low concentration
What is Passive Transport?
Mutations in the COL7A1 gene affects the protein collagen
What is Epidermolysis Bullosa?
Large opening through the bottom of the skull, where the spinal cord enters the skull
What is Foramen Magnum?
Autoimmune disease; acetylcholine receptors are damaged
What is Myasthenia Gravis?
Example of symptoms: Numbness in limbs, paralysis, blindness, fatigue, depression, etc.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?