Skeletal System
These are the 2 main parts of the skeletal system.
What are axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton?
The type of muscle attached to a bone that aids in body movements.
What is skeletal muscle?
The presence of soreness in the muscles a day or two after overuse of the muscles.
What is delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)?
This is the function of a nerve cell.
What is carrying impulses by creating electrical charges?
These are the functions of the skeletal system.
What are: aid in movement of the body, support and protect internal body organs, produce red & white blood cells, storehouse for minerals?
The type of muscle that is not attached to bone and is involuntary.
What is smooth muscle?
An injury resulting from a fall, sudden twist or blow to the body that forces a joint out of its normal position. Tearing of a ligament.
What is a sprain?
The layers of the cell membrane that wrap around nerve fibers.
What is myelin sheath?
The end of a long bone.
What is the epiphysis?
The central part of the muscle.
What is muscle belly?
Inflammation of the tendon.
What is tendonitis?
A ball like growth of nerve fibers that creates a nerve scar.
What is neuroma?
An incomplete break in the shaft of the bone.
What is a greenstick fracture?
The electric change occuring across the membrane of a nerve or muscle cell during transmission of a nerve impulse.
What is action potential?
The most common type of injury in the US. Of 1 million injuries, 85% are this injury.
What is an ankle sprain?
The space between adjacent neurons through which an impulse is transmitted.
What is a synapse?
These are signs and symptoms of a fracture.
What is swelling, deformity, pain, tenderness and discoloration?
The ability to return to original form after being stretched or compressed.
What is elasticity?
This is another name for bruising.
What is ecchymosis?
This is a sign of nerve recovery.
What is the feeling of pins and needles?