What is the main function of the integumentary system?
To cover/protect the body from bacteria and other foreign bodies
What is the main function of bones?
To support and protect the body
What is the basic contractile unit within a muscle?
Sarcomere
What is the basic cell used for communication within the Nervous System?
Neuron
Which class of hormones is derived from fat?
Steroids
True or false: Epithelial tissue is named by first, the shape of the cell, and second by the number of layers
False
What type of bone is the femur?
Long Bone
What are the two protein filaments that "slide past each other"
Actin and Myosin
What is the name of the void/space in between neurons?
Synapse
What is the name of the fight or flight hormone
Adrenaline
What is the deepest layer of the epidermis?
Stratum Basale
Name one type of bone marking
1. Projections
2. Depressions
3. Openings/holes
Which type of muscle fiber is primarily used during explosive movements (Football)
Type 2, Fast Glycolytic
What is needed to send an action potential across a synapse?
Neurotransmitter
Where in the brain is the main endocrine center located?
Diencephalon
Which type of tissue is the skin?
Stratified Squamos Epithelium
What is the name of the end of a bone that experiences growth?
Epiphyseal Growth Plate
What is the name of the protein that attaches myosin to the z-line.
Titin
Drugs bind to __________, changing its shape, and causing __________ to circulate in the blood with nothing to bind to.
1. Receptors
2. Dopamine/Neurotransmitters
Which class of hormones are derived from a single amino acid?
Catecholamines
Name the tissue type
Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
What is the name of the medial bone in the forearm?
Ulna
What is the term for the process of Muscle contraction inside the sarcomere?
Sliding Filament Theory
If I touched a hot stove, what are the three parts of the reflex process?
1. Sensory Input/Afferent Neuron
2. Integration/Brain or Spinal Cord
3. Motor Output/Efferent Neuron
What is the name of the endocrine portal system used to release hormones in the brain?
The Hypothalamic-Hpophyseal Portal System