Bone to Pick
This bone can overlap the ulna, allowing the wrist to pronate and supinate.
What is the Radius?
What is the term for a muscle's ability to respond to a stimulus?
What is Excitability or Irritability?
This part of a neuron is responsible for sending a signal into the cell body.
What are Dendrites?
Ringo Starr would be proud of the name of this "dead end" at the end of the auditory canal.
What is the Eardrum?
A patient presents with severe pain and bubbling of skin on his forearm following a chemical spill. This patient will most likely be diagnosed with...
What is a Second Degree Burn?
This is the name of the large opening in the middle of an osteon. No, it's not a nucleus.
What is the Haversian Canal?
Performing a bicep curl accomplishes this type of contraction.
What is Concentric?
The lobe that sits anterior to the parietal lobe in the cerebrum is called this.
What is the Frontal Lobe?
What stage of the sound pathway occurs after the vibration of the tympanic membrane?
What is Vibration of the Ossicles (Hammer, anvil and stirrup)?
A patient presenting with a loss of function in her chest and legs would be diagnosed with this neurological condition.
What is Paraplegia?
Which bone shape is most specifically designed for protection of internal organs?
What is Flat Bones?
Cellular respiration occurs when mitochondria produce this molecule for energy.
What is ATP?
Multiple Sclerosis is this type of disorder.
What is an Autoimmune disorder?
This term could refer to either the opening in the middle of the eye OR another name for your role in this classroom.
What is Pupil?
These types of glands are responsible for the thick, odorous sweat produced in the armpits and groin.
What are Apocrine Glands?
The skeleton is divided into 2 separate divisions: _________ and ___________.
What is the Appendicular and Axial?
The hinge joint, which can only produce flexion and extension, would be classified as this type of joint.
What is Uniaxial?
A car honks, causing involuntary tension in your muscles and and dilation of your blood vessels. These reactions occur due to this branch of your nervous system.
What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?
Severing the vestibulocochlear nerve would result in the loss of this ability.
This component of blood constitutes 55% of the liquid by volume.
What is Plasma?
This hormone causes the red bone marrow to produce more red blood cells. Enjoy that oxygen!
"Ooof. Internal bleeding? Severe pain? Swelling? AND he can't move it? This guy's pectoralis major definitely has this condition."
What is a Grade III Strain?
The brain is pretty groovy. What are the grooves of the brain called?
What are Sulci?
This portion of the eye is connected to the optic nerve, and is full of rods and cones.
What is the Retina?
When the body detects low oxygen, this organ releases a hormone that triggers hematopoiesis.
What is the Kidney?