Bones & Joints
This is the place in the body where two or more bones meet.
What is a joint?
The tissue inside bones that produces blood cells?
What is (red) bone marrow?
This muscle is found in the walls of internal organs
What is smooth muscle?
The slight tension of a resting muscle
What is muscle tone?
The basic unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
This tough, flexible tissue cushions bones at the joint
What is cartilage?
A break in a bone...
What is a fracture?
This muscle type is only found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
Drugs similar to male hormones, used to build muscle quickly
What is anabolic steroids?
The largest part of the brain, controls memory
What is the cerebrum?
The process by which bones form from cartilage?
What is ossification?
An injury to a ligament?
What is a sprain?
Muscles that attach to bones that allow movement
What are skeletal muscles?
Inflammation of a tendon
What is tendonitis?
The part of the brain that coordinates movement and balance?
A connective tissue that holds bones together at joints?
What is a ligament?
When a bone slips out of its normal position at a joint
What is a dislocation?
A tough band of tissue that connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
The ability of muscles to work over time without tiring
What is endurance?
The part of the brain that controls vital functions (breathing and heart rate)
What is the brain stem?
A condition that causes bones to become weak and brittle?
What is Osteoporosis?
A sideways curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
A condition when muscles shrink from lack of use
What is atrophy?
The condition caused by overuse or injury to muscle tissue
What is strain?
A bundle of nerves that runs down the back and relays messages from the brain to the body
What is the spinal cord?