Bones, Joints & Motion
The place where two or more bones meet.
A: A joint.
Q: What is a joint?
Anchored part of a muscle attached to bone.
A: Origin.
Q: What is the origin?
Clear, pale-yellow fluid that travels through lymph vessels.
A: Lymph.
Q: What is lymph?
The body system consisting of skin, hair, and nails.
A: Integumentary system.
Q: What is the integumentary system?
This branch of the nervous system runs “on autopilot” for involuntary actions.
A: Autonomic nervous system (ANS).
Q: What is the autonomic nervous system?
Large, flat, triangular bones of the shoulder.
A: Scapulae (shoulder blades).
Q: What are the scapulae?
Muscle that surrounds & lifts the upper lip, flaring the nostrils.
A: Levator labii superioris.
Q: What is the levator labii superioris?
These vessels filter bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells.
A: Lymph nodes.
Q: What are lymph nodes?
Oil-producing exocrine glands in the skin are called ____ glands.
A: Sebaceous glands.
Q: What are sebaceous glands?
Hormones such as insulin and adrenaline are produced by this overall system.
A: Endocrine system.
Q: What is the endocrine system?
Uppermost & largest arm bone between elbow and shoulder.
A: Humerus.
Q: What is the humerus?
Muscle that bends the foot upward and extends the toes.
A: Extensor digitorum longus.
Q: What is the extensor digitorum longus?
Blood defends against toxins by partnering with this body system.
A: Immune system (lymphatic).
Q: What is the immune system?
The skin helps regulate this internal condition.
A: Body temperature.
Q: What is body temperature?
Glands that secrete through ducts (like sweat glands) are called ____ glands.
A: Exocrine (duct) glands.
Q: What are exocrine glands?
One primary skeletal-system function, besides support and movement.
A: Producing red and white blood cells (via bone marrow).
Q: What is blood-cell production?
Muscles that draw a body part toward the midline.
A: Adductors.
Q: What are adductors?
Thin-walled vessels with valves, carrying blood back to the heart.
A: Veins.
Q: What are veins?
Two accessory organs of skin that sense pressure and touch.
A: Sensory receptors.
Q: What are sensory receptors?
This endocrine hormone lowers blood sugar by enabling cells to take in glucose.
A: Insulin.
Q: What is insulin?
U-shaped throat bone supporting the tongue.
A: Hyoid bone.
Q: What is the hyoid bone?
Broad chest-to-chin muscle that pulls down the jaw & lip.
A: Platysma.
Q: What is the platysma?
Artery supplying blood to face, neck, and scalp’s anterior areas.
A: External carotid artery.
Q: What is the external carotid artery?
Glands that release sweat to help cool the body.
A: Sudoriferous glands.
Q: What are sudoriferous glands?
The ANS regulates smooth muscles and glands; list two involuntary activities it controls.
A: Heartbeat & breathing (or digestion, vessel dilation, etc.).
Q: What are heartbeat and breathing?