What is the part of a neuron that carries the impulses?
Axon
100
What is the sensory receptors called that involve the senses of taste and smell?
chemoreceptors
100
What is not an important role of the skeletal system?
1. protection of organs
2. movement
3. storage of mineral reserves
4. regulation of body temperature
Regulation of body temperature.
100
What is the material that connects bone to muscle?
Tendon
100
What is the name for the part of the skin that determines the skin color?
Melanin. Produced by melanocytes.
200
What is the major function of the spinal cord?
communication path between the brain and the rest of the body
200
What is a thermoreceptor?
Senses hot/cold
200
What is ossification?
Cartilage is replaced by bone.
200
What is the location of striated muscle?
Heart
200
What is the type of radiation that our skin protects us from?
Ultraviolet Radiation
300
What is PNS, and where does it collect its information?
Peripheral Nervous System, nerves and supporting cells
300
What is the semicircular canals purpose?
Body position and balance
300
What is the axial system?
The main portion of the skeleton.....Skull, ribs, spine
300
What is the location of cardiac muscle?
The Heart
300
What is the parts of the Integumentary system?
Hair, nails, skin
400
What is the part of the brain responsible for collecting sensory input from the body and relaying it to appropriate brain centers is the ___________.
Thalamus
400
What is the part of the brain responsible for collecting sensory input from the body and relaying it to appropriate brain centers?
Thalamus
400
What is the main skeleton of an embryo made from?
Cartilage
400
What is the type of muscle that can contract without stimulation from the nervous system?
cardiac
400
What is the protein your hair is made from?
Keratin
500
What is the part of the eye that contains photoreceptor cells?
Retina
500
What is the name of the body system that responds to changes in internal and external environment?
Excretory System
500
What is the name of the disease elderly people sometimes acquire within their skeletal system?
osteoporosis
500
What is myosin?
The protein that each myofibril contains
500
What is the name of the vitamin that our skin produces?