Cells
Basic unit of all living things.
Cells
Neuron
Over ____ muscles are in the human body
600
How many bones are in the human body?
206
Which two systems go along with the circulatory system?
Blood vascular and Lymph vascular
Anatomy
The human body is made up of about ___ percent water.
60 percent
Muscular wall that separates the thorax from the abdominal region and helps control breathing.
Diaphragm
The two phases of metabolism
Anabolism and Catabolism
Motor nerves carry impulses from the brain to the what?
Muscles or glands
These muscles are voluntary.
Skeletal or Striated
Connection between two or more bones of the skeleton.
Joint
How many valves and chambers are in the heart?
4 chamber and 4 valves
Study of the functions and activites performed by the bodys structures.
Physiology
Carries messages to and from the brain and controls and coordinates all bodily functions.
Nerve tissue
Breathing in through the nose or mouth
inhalation
A jellylike substance found inside cells in which food elements are present.
Protoplasm
Which nerve supplies the arm and hand?
Median Nerve
These muscles draw the fingers together.
Adductors
longer bone of the forearm and located on the pinky side of the hand.
Ulna
This circulation sends the blood from the heart to the lungs to be purified and then back to the heart.
Pulmonary circulation
Histology, the study of tiny structures found in tissue is also known as:
Microscopic anatomy
Contracts and moves various parts of the body.
Muscle Tissue
What is released when the body exhales?
Carbon dioxide
The dense active protoplasm found in the center of the cell.
Nucleus
The autonomic nervous system controls this type of muscles
Involuntary
Muscle of the chest that assists in breathing and in raising the arm.
Serratus anterior
The larger of the two bones that form the leg below the knee. may be visualized as a bump on th ebig toe side of the ankle.
Tibia
Thin walled blood vessels that are less flexible than arteries.
Veins
Which organ controls the body?
Brain
Is a protective covering on body surfaces.
Epithelial tissue
What is more essential than food or water?
Oxygen
What are some favorable conditions for a cell to grow and reproduce?
Adequate supply of food, oxygen, and water
suitable temperatures
the ability to eliminate waste byproducts
This nerve is a divison of the sciatic nerve, passes behind the knee. Subdivides and supplies impulses to the knee, muscles of the calf, skin of the leg, sole, heel and underside of the toes.
Tibial Nerve.
Massage, Electric Current, Infrared light, Dry heat, moist heat, nerve impulses
Phalanges are also called:
Digits
Supplies blood to the ankles and back of the lower leg.
Posterior tibial artery
Blood plasma found in the spaces between tissue cells.
Interstitial Fluids
Fibrous tissue that binds together, protects, and supports various parts of the body.
Connective tissue
spongy tissues composed of microscopic cells in which inhaled air is exchanged for carbon dioxide during one breathing cycle.
Lungs
What is it called when a cell reproduces?
Mitosis
This nerve supplies impulses to the skin on the outer side and back of the foot and leg.
Sural nerve
Pressure in massage is usually directed from the insertion to the _____ and moving toward the belly.
Origin
There are 3 phalanges in each toe except for which one?
Big toe
The human body has approximately how many pints of blood?
10
The most complex organ of the endocrine system, affects almost every physiological process of the body.
Pituitary gland
Type of connective tissue which lends smoothness, contour and cushioning.
Adipose tissue
The exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the lungs and air passages.
Respiration