Body Regions
What is the term for the region of the body that includes the head?
What is Cephalic?
What bone forms the forehead?
Which muscle group is in the back of the theigh?
What are the Hamstrings?
What is the gap between two neurons called?
What is the Synapse?
What type of joint is the knee?
What is a Hinge joint?
What is the body region on the front of the elbow?
What is the Antecubital?
Which bone is the longest and strongest?
What is the femur?
What is the primary muscle for breathing?
What is the Diaphragm?
What part of the brain is responsible for vision?
What is the Occipital lobe?
What movement decreases the angle between bones?
What is a Flexion?
What is the name of the region with the upper arm?
What is Brachial region?
What type of bone is the patella?
What is a sesamoid bone?
What muscle flexes the elbow?
What is the function of the spinal cord?
What is transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body?
What joint allows the thumb to move across the palm?
What is the Saddle joint?
The term "popliteal" is which area of the body?
What is the fibrous tissue that connects bones to one another?
What is a Ligament?
Which muscle tissue is involuntary and found in internal organs?
What is Smooth muscle?
What is the name of the insulating layer around nerve fibers?
What is the Myelin sheath?
What is the movement that moves a limb away from the midline?
What is Abduction?
What body region has the lower back and connects to the sacrum?
What is the Lumbar region?
What is the difference between a greenstick fracture and a comminuted fracture?
A greenstick fracture is partial and a comminuted fracture shatters the bone into multiple pieces.
What is the difference between concentric and eccentric muscle contractions?
What is Concentric contractions shorten muscle and Eccentric contractions lengthen muscle?
What is the pathway of a reflex arc?
What is the difference between a pivot joint and a ball-and-socket joint?
What is a pivot joint rotates and a ball-and-socket joint allows movement in all directions?