Cells and Tissues
The basic unit of all living things, from bacteria to plants to animals.
What is a cell?
The hardest tissue in the body.
What is enamel or what are teeth?
The three main subdivisions of the nervous system.
What are the Central, Peripheral and Autonomic nervous systems?
The Circulatory system may also be called one of these two names.
What is the cardiovascular or vascular system?
The lymphatic/immune system is closely related to this.
What is the circulatory (or vascular) system?
Tissue that carry messages to and from the brain and coordinate all body functions.
What is nerve tissue?
The uppermost and largest bone in the arm.
What is the humerus?
This type of nerve carries impulses from the sense organs to the brain.
What is sensory?
Circulation from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart.
What is pulmonary circulation?
Two small organs of the lymphatic system.
What are the spleen and gallbladder?
The watery fluid tat surrounds the nucleus of the cell and is needed for growth, reproduction and repair.
What is cytoplasm?
The scalp muscle that raises the eyebrows and causes wrinkles in the forehead.
What is the corrugator?
The number of pairs of spinal nerves that extend from the spinal cord.
What is 31?
Tiny, thin-walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to venules.
What are capillaries?
These glands have ducts through the skin.
What are exocrine glands?
The process of cell reproduction in human tissues that occurs when a cell divides into two identical cells.
What is mitosis?
Bones that form the prominence of the cheeks.
What are Zygomatic bones?
An alternative name for the fifth cranial nerve.
What is the trigeminal nerve?
The main arteries that supply blood to the head, face, and neck.
What are the common carotid arteries?
Three examples of endocrine hormones from our class.
What are insulin, estrogen, and adrenaline?
Examples are cartilage, adipose, bone and blood.
What is connective tissue?
The tendon that connects the occipitalis and frontalis muscles.
What is aponeurosis?
The nerve that controls the motion of the neck and shoulder muscles and is affected during facials, especially when giving a massage to your client.
What is the 11th cranial nerve or the Accessory nerve?
The artery that supplies blood to the skin and masseter muscle.
What is the transverse facial artery?
The gland that plays a role in almost every system of the body, especially growth and development.
What is the pituitary gland?