Integumentary System
What is the epidermis?
This bone protects the brain.
What is the skull?
These muscles attach to bones and allow voluntary movement.
What are skeletal muscles?
This part of the nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
This term means “toward the front of the body.”
What is anterior (or ventral)?
These cells in the epidermis produce melanin, which determines skin color.
What are melanocytes?
This type of joint allows rotation and movement in multiple directions, like the shoulder.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
Muscles that work in pairs, where one contracts while the other relaxes, are called what?
What are antagonistic pairs?
These nerves branch out from the central nervous system to carry signals to and from the rest of the body.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
This term means “away from the head” or “toward the lower part of the body.”
What is inferior?
If Eccrine glands are damaged in a patient. During exercise in the heat, what problem would likely occur?
What is overheating?
Calcium stored in bones provides this main benefit.
What is the strength and hardness of bones?
A person tears a tendon. What is the function of the damaged structure?
What is the muscle-to-bone connection that allows movement?
This brain region controls involuntary functions like heartbeat and breathing.
What is the brainstem?
A doctor says the incision will be made on the back of the knee. Using anatomical terms, the incision is on the ______ surface.
What is posterior (or dorsal)?
If a person stopped producing keratin, what main function of the skin would be lost?
What is waterproofing?
If a bone suffers a transverse fracture, this blood clot forms around the fracture to begin healing.
What is a hematoma?
After death, a body becomes stiff because ATP is no longer produced, preventing muscle fibers from relaxing. This process is called what?
What is rigor mortis?
A person has difficulty coordinating movements and maintaining balance after a sports injury. This part of the brain is most likely affected.
What is the cerebellum?
A CT scan slices the body into front and back halves. This type of plane is called the ______ plane.
What is the frontal (or coronal) plane?
A person’s sebaceous glands no longer produce sebum. What main protective function of the skin is affected?
What is the lubrication of skin?
A person with vitamin D deficiency may develop soft bones and increased fracture risk because calcium cannot be properly absorbed or deposited. Name one condition caused by this deficiency in children.
What is rickets?
Damage to the sarcoplasmic reticulum prevents this ion from being released, which is essential for muscle contraction.
What is calcium?
If this structure connecting the two cerebral hemispheres is severed, the left and right sides of the brain cannot communicate, making it seem as if the person has two separate brains.
What is the corpus callosum?
A person takes a hard fall and injures the cavity that contains the teeth and tongue. Using anatomical language, this cavity is called the ______ cavity.
What is the buccal cavity?