The Nervous System
What are the 3 major parts of neurons?
nucleus, dendrites, and axons.
Name the 3 bones in the eardrum.
The anvil, hammer, and stirrup.
Where are the taste buds located?
They are on the walls of the papillae.
What are the 2 layers of the skin?
The epidermis and the dermis
What elastic organs can be lengthened or shortened, causing some body part movement? How many?
Muscles
What are the 2 parts of The Nervous System?
The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
What is the Skeletal system made up of?
It is made up of all bones and cartilage.
What's in the center of the retina?
The macula
Name 2 components of the taste buds
taste hairs, taste pores, sensory cells, and nerve fiber
What are the 2 kinds of muscles?
Voluntary muscles and involuntary muscles
What comprises the Central Nervous System?
It is comprised of the brain and the spinal cord.
How many bones do we have in our body?
Our body has 206 bones and each one of them has their own name.
What do you call the area surrounding the macula?
side vision or peripheral vision
What are the 2 systems that make up the musculoskeletal system?
The muscular system and the skeletal system
What joins muscles to the bones?
Tendons
What are the three major parts of the brain?
The cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the medulla.
What is the function of the dendrites?
The dendrites take the electric messages to the cell body, like an entry to a parking lot.
Name at least 2 sensations involved in the sense of touch.
Cold, warm, pressure, and pain.
What is the Nervous system?
The nervous system is the network of cells and organs that controls our body and mind.
Name at least 3 bones that were mentioned in the video
skull, femur, jaw, ribs and spine
What is the function of the Cerebrum?
The cerebrum controls our senses, imagination, and thoughts.
Name one function of the Peripheral Nervous system
First, the sensory nerves take messages from the senses to the brain. Second, motor nerves carry these messages to the body.
Name the different types of papillae on our tongues.
filiform, foliate, circumvallate, and fungiform.
The second layer of the skin has so many nerve endings. What does it do?
These nerves can send and receive information into the spinal cord and brain. The spinal cord in the brain tells us what to do next.
Name the 3 groups of joints
Immobile or fixed joints
Semi-mobile joints
Mobile joints