My Aching Joints
Protect delicate structures
What are bones?
Three kinds of muscle tissue
What are smooth, cardiac, and skeletal?
The 3 chief functions of the digestive system
What are digestion, absorption, and elimination?
The two types of metabolism
What are catabolism and anabolism?
The process by which oxygen is obtained from the environment and delivered to the cells
What is respiration?
Responsible for breaking down bone tissue
What are osteoclasts?
The most important muscle involved in breathing
What is the diaphragm?
The slowing of peristalsis in the elderly causes this
What is constipation?
Fats that are derived from animal sources and are solid at room temperature
What are saturated fats?
The leaf-shaped cartilage that covers the larynx during swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
The two main groups of bones
What is axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton?
The 3 layers of dense connective tissue holding muscle fibers together
What are endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium?
The desire for food which is satisfied by ingesting a meal
What is hunger?
The chemical elements needed for body structure, fluid balance and muscle contractions
What are minerals?
Where most of the external gas exchange occurs in the lungs
What is the alveoli?
Joints are classified into 3 main types
What is synarthrosis, amphiarthrosis, and diarthrosis?
Three primary functions of skeletal muscles
What are movement of the skeleton, maintaining posture, and generation of heat?
The four functions of the small intestine
What are secretion, motility, digestion, and absorption?
A measurement used to evaluate body size based on the ratio of weight to height.
What is BMI?
An increase in the depth and rate of breathing to meet the body's metabolic needs
What is hyperpnea?
Joint that allows the greatest ROM in 3 directions
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
The point where a nerve fiber contacts a muscle cell
What is the neuromuscular junction?
Water is used in this chemical process of digestion
What is hydrolysis?
The process where a warm object transfers heat energy to a cooler object
What is conduction?
The total volume of air of air that can be contained in the lungs after maximum inhalation
What is total lung capacity?