Body systems
What is the primary function of the respiratory system?
Breathing
What is a connection between two or more bones?
Joint
When you bend forward, you are using which movement?
Flexion
What is the nutritive fluid flowing through the circulatory system?
Blood
Connective, epithelial, muscle & nerve are types of what?
Tissue
Why should estheticians study body systems?
To understand how services affect the body
Which system eliminates carbon dioxide as waste?
Respiratory
What is the sternum?
Flat bone that supports ribs
Which movement separates the fingers?
Abduction
What are platelets?
Blood components for clotting
How many identical cells form during mitosis?
Two
If you want to pucker up, you use the ____ muscle.
Orbicularis oris
What system changes food into nutrients and waste?
Digestive
What is the physical foundation of the body?
Skeletal system
Which muscle closes the eyes?
Orbicularis oculi
What organ circulates the blood?
Heart
What binds the tissues of the body together?
Connective tissue
Cells are composed of a substance called?
Protoplasm
Which body system controls and coordinates all bodily functions?
Nervous
What bone forms the back of the skull?
Occipital
Which muscles are used in chewing?
Masseter & temporalis
How much blood does the human body contain?
8–10 pints
What carries messages to and from the brain?
Nerve tissue
What are glands?
Specialized organs that remove & convert elements from the blood
Which system affects growth, development, sexual activities & health?
Endocrine
Where does the spinal cord originate?
Brain
What part of the muscle flexes but remains stationary?
Origin
Why does the parathyroid gland regulate calcium & phosphorus?
So the nervous & muscular systems function properly
What is the study of the structure and composition of tissue?
Histology
What organ digests carbohydrates in the endocrine system?
Pancreas