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What do you call the fluid that is mostly made up of water and salt, which is excreted from the skin and aids in heat regulation?
Perspiration
What do you call the the outermost layer of skin?
Epidermis
What do you call the middle layer of the skin, where nerve endings, blood vessels, roots of hair, oil glands, and sweat glands are located?
Dermis
What do you call strong tissues that hold bones together in moveable joints?
Ligaments
What do you call a place in the body where two bones connect?
Joint
What do you call the soft tissue located inside of bones where blood cells are produced?
Marrow
Where does the nail meet the skin?
Cuticle
What do you call a special type of connective tissue, which aids in mobility, and covers the ends of bones to keep them from rubbing against each other?
Cartilage
What do you call the type of bone, located beneath the compact bone, which has many small spaces of air?
Spongy bone
What do you call the substance that gives skin its color and provides protection from UV rays from the sun?
Melanin
What do you call the type of bone that is hard, dense, and has a series of small canals running through it?
Compact bone
What do you call the 33 bones that make up the spine and each one is shaped like a ring?
Vertebrae
What do you call the set of organs that includes all the elements of the external covering of the body, such as skin, hair, nails, and sweat glands?
Integumentary system
What are the functions of the skin?
Heat regulation, sensory reception, and vitamin D production.
What are the two types of involuntary muscles, those that contract without conscious thought?
Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle
What do you call the type of muscle that is voluntary?
Skeletal muscle
What do you call a cord made out of tough tissue that connects muscle to bone?
Tendon
How does skin regulate body temperature? What happens to your blood vessels when you are hot or when you are cold?
When you are hot, your blood vessels expand to allow heat to exist the body and your body will sweat to cool you down. When you are cold, your blood vessels constrict (get smaller) to preserve heat and your body will shiver to create body heat in an attempt to make you warm.
What is osteoporosis?
It is a condition some people get when they get older that causes their bones to become weak and break easily. It is due to the loss of minerals in the bones over time but by eating right, exercising, and consuming calcium, the bones can remain strong even as you age and become older.
How do muscles move to allow our body to function?
Muscles work by expanding and contracting.