The Skeletal System
Name a long bone.
What is the femur?
This connects muscles and bones.
What are tendons?
This is a disease causing a reduction in bone density.
What is osteoporosis?
Name an organ involved in the nervous system.
What is the encephalon and spinal cord?
Name a flat bone.
What is the skull?
This is the type of muscle that is long and narrower at the ends.
What is fusiform?
This is the inflammation of the cartilage that forms the joints.
What is arthritis?
This type of infection can lead to irreversible hearing loss.
What are infections of the inner ear?
These are the chemical substances the endocrine glands release.
What are hormones?
Name the end part of bones.
What is the epiphysis?
This is the type of muscle that has equal length and width.
What are flat muscles?
This occurs when a bone separates form its joint.
What is dislocation?
This is produced by irregularities in the curvature of the cornea.
What is an astigmatism?
This is an example of an involuntary muscle movement.
What is peristalsis?
The thing that red bone marrow produces.
What are blood cells?
An example of this type of muscle is the orbiculares oris muscle which opens and closes the lips?
What is a circular muscle?
This is the name for when a ligament is stretched or tense due to an injury.
What is a sprain?
This is caused by having a shorter eyeball, which makes images form behind the retina.
What is long-sightedness?
This effector organs synthesize and release substances.
What are glands?
Name the three types of joints.
What are fixed joints, slightly movable joints, and freely movable joints.
The number of muscles our body contains.
What is 400?
This is the explanation of a fracture.
What is a total or partial breakage in a bone?
This type of lens is used to correct short-sightedness.
What is a concave/ diverging lense?
These glands secrete tears.
What are the lacrimal glands?