Integumentary System
The fluid secreted through the pores to help cool the body
What is perspiration or sweat?
Contains the cranium and facial bones
What is the skull?
Type of muscle that moves without conscious effort
What is involuntary muscle?
Largest and uppermost part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
Third innermost layer of the eye that contains light sensitive nerve cells
What is the retina?
Gland that produces insulin
What is the pancreas?
What is a third degree burn?
Type of joint that moves in only one plane, backward and forward.
What is a hinge joint?
Type of muscle that moves internal organs
What is smooth muscle?
Recurring seizures in the brain caused by excessive irregular electrical activity
What is epilepsy?
A decrease in ability to focus on close objects
What is presbyopia or farsighted?
Hormone that makes it possible for sugar to pass fromt he blood to be used for energy
What is insulin?
The second innermost layer of skin that contains hair follicles and sweat and oil glands.
What is the dermis?
Condition in which the bones lose their density and weaken
What is osteoporosis?
Point where muscle attaches to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts
What is the origin?
The outer three layers of membrane covering the brain and spinal cord
What is the dura mater?
Responsible for maintaining equilibrium
What is the inner ear or the semicircular canals?
Gland that maintains the body's normal level of metabolism
What is the thyroid?
The substance that gives skin its color.
What is melanin?
The only movable bone in the face
What is the mandible or jawbone?
Tissue that attaches muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
Part of the brain that controls appetite, temperature, and sleep
What is the hypothalamus?
Eye disorder caused by increase in intraocular pressure.
What is glaucoma?
Condition in which blood sugar level is less than normal
What is hypoglycemia?
Innermost layer of skin that contains fatty and connective tissue
Movement toward the body's midline
What is adduction?
Circular band of muscle fibers that constricts a natural body opening
What is a sphincter?
Special capillaries that prevent drugs in the bloodstream from entering the brain
What is the blood-brain barrier?
Inflammation of the lining of the nose
What is rhinitis?
Hormone that prepares the uterus for pregnancy
What is progesterone?