Skeletal & Integumentary System
The outer layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
What is skeletal muscle?
The basic unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
The chest region
What is the thoracic region?
The fluid inside of a cell
What is cytoplasm?
The type of tissue that connects bones to bones
What is a ligament?
The type of muscle tissue that is found in organs like the stomach & intestines
What is smooth muscle?
The part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system?
What is the carpal region?
The control center of the cell
What is the nucleus?
The type of bone found in the wrist or ankle
What is a short bone?
The protein in muscle fibers that allows for contraction
What is myosin?
This part of the neuron sends messages away from the cell body
What is the axon?
The back of the knee
What is the popliteal region?
Tissue that contracts to allow movement
What is muscle tissue?
The cells responsible for bone formation
What are osteoblasts?
The place where a muscle attaches to a bone that moves
What is the insertion?
The division of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions (heart rate & digestion)
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The area where the thigh meets the trunk
What is the inguinal region?
Tissue that supports and protects organs
What is connective tissue?
The pigment that protects skin from UV light
What is melanin?
The term for muscles shrinking because they are not used
What is atrophy?
The part of the brain that acts as a relay station for sensory information
What is the thalamus?
The area on the posterior side between the hips
What is the sacral region?
Cells that transmit electrical signals in the nervous system
What are neurons?