Skeletal System
Also known as cancellous or trabecular bone
Spongy bone
ability to respond to a stimulus by changing electrical membrane potential
Excitability
What makes up the CNS?
Brain and Spinal Cord
Cranial nerve used for smell
Olfactory (I)
Provide information about external and internal environments
sensory receptors
Bones that are greater in length than width
Long bones
Dense irregular connective tissue wrapping whole muscle
Epimysium
What makes up the PNS?
Nerves and Ganglia
made of neuron cell bodies, dendrites, and unmyelinated axons
Gray matter
Detection of tastants
Gustastion
Immobile fibrous joints found on the skull
Sutures
Spastic paralysis caused by toxin from Clostridium tetani
Tetanus
contain both sensory and motor neurons
Mixed nerves
houses the spinal cord
The vertebral column
white of the eye
Sclera
extension beyond the zero position
Hyperextension
reduced ability to produce muscle tension
Muscle fatigue
occurs on myelinated axons
Saltatory Conduction
tough, outermost layer of the spinal cord meninges
Dura mater
far-sighted
Hyperopia
What parts of the spine are primary curvatures?
Thoracic and sacral
fascicles organized as if part of a large feather
Pennate Muscle
occurs on unmyelinated axons
Continuous conduction
maintain homeostasis at rest
Parasympathetic system
coordination, balance, and orientation in three-dimensional space
Equilibrium