Skeletal
What is(are) the function(s) of the skeletal system?
The functions of the skeletal system are to protect organs, store important minerals, produce blood cells, provide support for your body, produce blood cells in the red marrow, and provide a place for muscles to attach so the body can move.
What is the master gland?
Pituitary
What part of the digestive system is responsible for water absorption?
Large intestine
What are the functions of the lymphatic system?
Transports excess fluid from tissues back into the cardiovascular system
Tissue that attaches muscle to bone
Tendon
What is the name of the shin bone (front of your lower leg?
Tibia
What gland controls metabolism?
Thyroid
What part of the digestive system is responsible for nutrient absorption?
small intestine
What are some major organs that are a part of the Lymphatic system?
lymph nodes, lymph vessels, bone marrow, tonsils, thymus, spleen, heart, blood, blood vessels
Areas where bones connect
Joints
What is the name of the bone in your upper arm?
Humerus
What gland releases insulin?
Pancreas
What part of the digestive system produces bile?
Liver
cancer cells break away and travel to other areas of the body.
Metastasis
Muscle wasting/ loss of muscle
Atrophy
What is the other name for your collar bone?
Clavicle
What is the function of the endocrine system?
The function of the endocrine system is to control body functions and help maintain homeostasis by using hormones.
A cholysystectomy means that the __________ is surgically removed.
gallbladder
What is lymphedmea?
swelling due to poor lymphatic drainage
What muscle is in the front part of the thigh
Quadricep
What is the other name for your shoulder blade?
Scapula?
Where are the adrenal glands located
Top of each kidney
wavelike movement that moves food through GI system
Peristalsis
When administering an epipen, where do you inject the medicine?
outer part of the thigh
What muscle is in the top part of the arm and is used for intramuscular medication injections
Deltoid