Skeletal Bones
The process by which bone is formed, renewed, and repaired.
ossification
The three types of muscle are _______
smooth, skeletal and cardiac
The central nervous system consists of the ______.
brain and spinal cord
The autonomic nervous system can be further broken down into ______.
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
scoliosis
What are the four different types of bone?
short, long, flat, irregular
This type of muscle closes a joint.
flexor
hypothalamus
The peripheral nervous system consists of ______.
This transmits impulses away from the body
axons
This type of joint is between the bones of the skull.
immovable
This muscle pulls legs away from the body.
abductor muscles
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
This nervous system involves voluntary responses that are under your control.
somatic nervous system
Strong flexible connective tissue
cartilage
ball and socket joint
This attaches muscle to bone.
tendon
This lobe controls the sense of sight.
occipital
Disorder of the nervous system that is characterized by recurrent seizures.
epilepsy
slightly elastic connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
ligament
In this type of fracture the bone shatters into two or more pieces.
comminuted fracture
This happens when an organ or tissue protrudes through an area of weak muscle.
hernia
Each hemisphere of the brain has this many lobes
4
The "fight or flight" response comes from this nervous system.
sympathetic nervous system
The human body has this many vertebra
33