Skeletal System
The longest bone in the human body
What is femur?
The type of muscle tissue found in the alimentary canal and blood vessels
What is smooth muscle?
This type of circulation takes oxygen rich blood from the heart to all the other cells and organs in the body to ehance their function
What is systematic circulation?
The exchange of gases takes place in the _______ of the lungs
What is alveoli?
Another name for a nerve cell?
What is a neuron
Another name for immovable joint
What is fixed joint?
This type of muscular contraction that shows a shortening in the length of the muscle:-
What is concentric contraction?
Blood travels through the heart twice on one complete journey around the body. This is referred to as a
What is double circulatory system?
This type of blood vessel is responsible for the transportation of oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
What is capillaries?
The gap between two nerve cell.
What is synapse
This type of joint allows for movements along one plane
What is hinge joint?
This type of muscle fiber takes longer to contract because it solely depends on oxygen to resynthesise ATP.
What is slow twitch muscle fibre?
This type of artery takes deoxygenated blood from the heart to lungs to get it oxygenated.
What is pulmonary artery?
This is a high energy compound that supplies us with immediate source of energy but its limited in its supply
What is ATP?
This type of nerve cell takes impulses from the receptors outside the peripheral nervous system and relays it to the spinal cord then brain.
What is a sesnory neurone/afferent?
The production of red blood cells takes place in the _______________ of the long bone
What is bone marrow?
Bicep brachialis and bicep femoris are muscles located in the ____________ and ____________
What is upper arm and hamstring?
The vascular system within the circulatory system is solely responsible for ____________ and __________
What is blood and blood vessels?
The control Centre in the brain responsible for breathing
What is medulla oblongata?
This branch like extension of the nerve cell that receives electrical signals from other neuron and takes them towards the cell body.
What is a dendrite?
A footballer kicking a ball will depend on three particular joint movement in the leg. State the name of these joints and their location
What is ball and socket joint in the hip
What is hinge joint in the knee
What is hinge/gliding joint in the ankle
The functional unit of a muscle is
What is a sarcomere?
The volume of blood pumped out of one ventricle in one minute is
What is cardiac output?
when carbohydrates is broken down in the body via digestion, it is stored in the muscle to enhance strenght contraction as well as in the liver for long term energy supplied. This stored glucose is known as
What is glycogen?
This part of the brain controls our thoughts, speech and creativity.
What is cerebrum?