Nervous System
What is the cerebrum divided into?
Frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes.
Articul/o means?
Joint
What does the heart do?
a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body
Define the Pituitary gland
the production of the growth hormones depends on how much you grow.
PNS stands for..?
Peripheral nervous system
Tendons do what?
attach muscle to bone
What is the difference between veins and arteries?
Veins carry oxygen-depleted blood to the heart from the body. Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
What do the ovaries release?
estrogen secretion in female
What is the job of the left hemisphere of the brain?
Specializes in language, math, logic operations, and the processing of serial sequences of information, and visual and auditory details.Specializes in detailed activities requires for motors control
What is the difference between origin and insertion?
•Origin: An attached site that does not move
•Insertion: attachment site does move
What is the purpose of the heart's valves?
The valves in the heart separate the heart chambers and prevent blood from flowing back into them.
The disease caused by hormones that cause abnormality small or short
dwarfism
The establishment of long-term memory involves the...?
hippocampus.
Skeletal muscle is voluntary muscles attached to the bone is also called what?
striated muscle
What is the condition called in which the blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, which causes heart cells to die?
Heart Attack
What's the difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes?
Type 1: Born with it
Type 2: Got it
In mammals, the limbic system is composed of...?
he hippocampus, olfactory cortex, inner portions, of the cortex's lobes, and parts of the thalamus and hypothalamus.
Cardiac muscle: involuntary muscle found only in the heart is called what?
myocardial muscle
What are the four components of blood?
Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and Platelets
Define Tetany
nervous excitability and muscle spasm caused by PTH deficiency and inadequate calcium levels