Skeletal System
This tissue connects bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
The type of muscle responsible for voluntary movement.
What is skeletal muscle?
The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
The basic functional unit of the nervous system.
What is a neuron?
This organ produces bile.
What is the liver?
The longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
The point where a muscle attaches to the less movable bone.
What is the origin?
The chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.
What is the right ventricle?
The protective covering surrounding many axons.
What is the myelin sheath?
The hormone that lowers blood glucose levels.
What is insulin?
The process by which bones are formed & remodeled.
What is ossification?
The muscle primarily responsible for elbow flexion.
What is the biceps brachii?
The valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle.
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
The part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This structure prevents food from entering the trachea during swallowing.
What is the epiglottis?
The skull bone that forms the head.
What is the frontal bone?
The muscle group located on the back of the upper arm.
What is the triceps brachii?
The blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are the pulmonary veins?
The division of the nervous system responsible for "fight or flight."
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This membrane surrounds and protects the heart.
What is the pericardium?
The opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes.
What is the foramen magnum?
The functional unit of a muscle fiber responsible for contraction.
What is a sarcomere?
The natural pacemaker of the heart.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
The gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released.
What is the synapse?
This hormone is responsible for red blood cell production.
What is erythropoietin(EPO)?