Muscle Memory
The name for the four large muscles on the anterior thigh
What are the quadriceps?
This kind of nerve has 31 pairs
What are spinal nerves?
The thin outer layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
An increase in the angle of a joint
What is extension?
The basic units of muscle contraction
What are sarcomeres?
The division of the nervous system responsible for the "fight or flight" reflex
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
These epidermal cells produce keratin
What are keratinocytes?
This plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections
What is a transverse plane?
This states that actin slides over myosin in muscle contraction
What is the sliding filament hypothesis?
A dangerous neurotransmitter for addictions due to its pleasure and reward systems
What is dopamine?
A fracture in which the bone is shattered
What is a comminuted fracture?
These melanin-producing cells protect from UV radiation
What are melanocytes?
The positioning of the foot with the toes pointing away from the body
What is plantar flexion?
The principle stating that muscle shapes bone
What is Woolf's law?
This connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum?
The process in which most bones are formed
What is endochondral ossification?
This layer of skin makes up the majority of the dermis
What is the reticular layer?
This region of the body refers to the hips
What is the coxal region?
The loss of muscle mass and strength due to lack of stimulation
What is muscle atrophy?
This part of the brain works to maintain homeostasis
What is the hypothalamus?
This stage of bone healing can take years to complete
What is bone remodeling?
The primary specialized immune cells in the skin's epidermis
What are Langerhans cells?
The position of the clavicle in relation to the scapula
What is ventral?