Nervous System
The primary function of the nervous system
What is carries signals from the brain to the rest of the body?
Organs that use chemical energy from nutrients to contract and move attached structures
What are Muscles?
Organs that are very active, living tissues, made mainly out of collagen and osteocytes.
What are bones?
The components of the integumentary system
What are the skin and its accessory structures (hair, nails, glands, and sensory receptors)?
When the body is standing erect, face forward, with the upper limbs at the sides and the palms forward.
What is anatomical position?
The two main divisions of the nervous system
What are the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
The two types of filaments that are in myofibrils
What are Thick and Thin filaments?
The skeleton's two main "workers" and their functions.
What are osteoblasts (develop new bones) and osteoclasts (break down old or broken bones)?
The main layers of the skin
What are the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis (subcutaneous layer)?
The study of the structure and function of a body part, including its relationship to other structures and its function as part of a larger system.
What are anatomy and physiology?
The common features in every neuron
What are the cell body, cytoplasm-filled dendrites, and axon?
The three types of muscle tissue
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle?
The process by which osteoblasts and osteoclasts deposit and resorb bone throughout life.
What is bone remodeling?
The two main types of skin glands
What are sebaceous and sweat (sudoriferous) glands?
The three main planes of the body
What are the sagittal (median), frontal (coronal), and transverse (horizontal) planes?
The major classes of neurotransmitters.
What are amino acids, neuropeptides, monoamines, and acetylcholine?
The proteins that are in thick and thin filaments
What are myosin in thick filaments and actin, troponin, and tropomyosin in thin filaments?
The 4 sets of bones that make up the appendicular skeleton
What are the pectoral girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle, and lower limbs?
Important functions of the epidermis
What are to protect against water loss, mechanical injury, chemicals, and microorganisms?
Four types of disease that can occur when homeostasis fails
What is a local disease (restricted to a specific part of the body), a systemic disease (affects several organs systems or the entire body), an acute disease (occurs suddenly and lasts a short time), and a chronic disease (develops slowly and is long-term)?
A bundle of nerves formed by the C5-T1 nerve roots that sends signals from the upper spinal cord to the shoulder, arm, and hand
What is the Brachial Plexus?
The components of a sarcomere
What are a Z line, I bands (light bands), A bands (dark bands), the H zone, and the M line?
The 5 types of bones classified according to their shape.
What are long, short, round (sesamoid), flat, and irregular bones?
The 5 layers of the epidermis in thick skin
What are the Stratum basale (Stratum germinativum), Stratum spinosum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum corneum, and the Stratum lucidum?
The 5 levels of organization in an organism
What is Chemical, Cellular, Tissue, Organs, and Organ Systems?