Tissues
The prefix "epi" means this.
What is "on top of"?
In a first class lever, the _______________ is located between the effort and the load.
What is the fulcrum?
This anatomical term refers to a part that is near the surface of the body.
What is superficial?
The heart has this many chambers.
What is four?
Physical digestion occurs in this part of the body.
What is the mouth?
Ligaments, tendons, and cartilage are this type of tissue.
What is connective tissue?
A wheelbarrow is an example of this class of lever.
What is a second class lever?
This term refers to two sets of muscles that work in opposite ways to move a body part.
What is an antagonistic pair?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This important but odd-sounding body part helps to seal off the upper part of the throat when you eat and drink so that food does not go up your nose when you swallow.
What is the uvula?
What is nervous tissue?
Shoveling snow is an example of this class of lever.
What is a third-class lever?
This tissue structure connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
What are capillaries?
These folds in your stomach stretch out to allow your stomach to fill with food.
What are gastric rugae?
This type of tissue is found in the lining of the digestive tract and other hollow organs.
What is epithelial tissue?
When you stand on your tip-toes, the fulcrum of your second-class lever is located here.
What is the foot, ball of the foot, or toes?
These are the three types of muscle cells.
What are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle cells?
Valves are found in these blood vessels.
What are veins?
After you have chewed your food, peristalsis is the muscle movement that pushes this funny sounding thing through the esophagus.
What is a bolus?
This is the process by which epithelial tissues make and release useful chemicals into the body.
What is secretion?
A see-saw is an example of this class of lever.
What is a first-class lever?
What are smooth muscle cells?
The right ventricle of the heart pumps blood to ___________.
What are the lungs?
This liquid in the stomach breaks down food and kills most pathogens that might be in or on your food.
What is gastric juice?