Skeletal
An adult has how many bones in the skeletal system?
What is 206?
A type of striated muscle that forms around the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
Contains the nucleus; it is the control center of a cell
What is the cell body?
When blood vessels beneath the skin rupture and leak and an area of discolored skin appears after an injury
What is a bruise?
___________ is strong connective tissue that acts a cushion for your joints.
What is cartilage?
The process by which bone is formed, renewed, and repaired.
What is ossification?
Muscles that open at the joint are
What is an extensor?
Gathers information from inside and outside of your body.
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
Paralysis of both upper and lower limbs caused by injury to the upper part of the spinal column
Quadriplegic
______________ is connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
The shoulder and upper arm are an example of which kind of joint
What is a ball and socket joint?
Involuntary muscles that act on the lining of passageways and internal organs are.
What are smooth muscles?
The _______________ nervous system controls involuntary functions such as digestion
What is the Autonomic nervous system?
An autoimmune disease where the body attacks its own tissues.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Bones are attached to one another with a tissue called
What are ligaments?
The elbow is an example of which kind of joint?
What is a hinge joint?
These bones are almost always equal in length and width
What are short bones?
Branched structures that extend from the cell body in most neurons; receives and transmits impulses toward the cell body.
What are dendrites?
Michael J. Fox suffers from these; uncontrolled muscle tremors which continuously get worse over time.
What is Parkinsons'?
The hardest working muscle, which is also about the size of your fist, is an involuntary muscle.
What is your heart?
A progressive condition in which loss of bone tissue occurs.
What is osteoporosis?
Muscles that close at the joint
What are flexors?
___________________ transmits impulses away from the cell body and toward other neurons, muscle cells, or glands
What are axons?
When neurons get clogged with protein and destroy themselves which may result in confusion and loss of memory, it is named after the German scientists who discovered it.
What is Alzheimer's?
A soft tissue found inside some of the bones of our skeletal system, it is where new blood cells are made.
What is marrow?