Don't Be Nervous!
What makes up the central nervous system (CSN)?
What are: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem?
The three parts of the sense organ (ear)
What are: the external ear, the middle ear and the inner ear?
The face bone
What is the maxilla?
Where touch receptors are located
What is 'on the the epdermis'?
Another name for metabolic arthritis
What is gout?
The three parts of a neuron
What are: the dendrite, the cell body and the axon?
Sounds waves pass through this
What is the auditory canal?
Cube-shaped bones in our wrists and ankles
What are short bones?
The white part of the eye
What is the sclera?
A disorder where bone becomes porous and brittle
What is osteoporsis?
A signal that is transmitted along the membrane of the neurons.
What is a nerve impulse?
The tube that opens into the middle ear and connects with the middle ear and throat
What is the Eustachian tube?
The name of the bones in the fingers/toes
What are phalanges?
This carries light from the retina to the brain for interpretation of whats has been seen
What is the optic nerve?
What is a cerebral vascular accident?
What is a stroke?
The two symptoms that make up the nervous system in the body
What are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
We use Q-tips to clean this out of our ears- another word for 'ear wax'
What is cerumen?
The connective tissue which cushions the joint so two bone ends do not rub together
What is cartilage?
Sour receptors are located on this part of the tongue
What is on the sides near the back?
Another name for a surgical joint replacement
What is arthroplasty?
The part of the brain that regulates and controls body movements
What is the cerebellum?
The bones of the middle ear
What are ossicles?
These are smalls sacks of synovial fluid functioning as a cushion and gliding surface between the joint and the tendons that cross over the joint.
What are bursae?
These make up the second layer of the eye (choroid)
What are blood vessels, the ciliary muscle and the iris?
The stage when external genitalia begins to atrophy in women
What is menopause?