Skeletal System
The framework of the body
What is the skeleton?
The body system that includes skin, hair, and nails
What is the integumentary system?
Muscles that you control voluntarily
What are skeletal muscles?
The control center of the nervous system
What is the brain?
The head region
What is the cranial region?
The place where two bones meet
What is a joint?
The layer of skin below the epidermis
What is the dermis?
The type of muscle found in the heart
What is cardiac muscle?
The division of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord
What is the peripheral nervous system?
The abdominal area
What is the abdominal region?
The longest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
The oil produced by the skin to prevent drying
What is sebum?
Muscles that work in pairs to move bones
What are antagonistic muscles?
The part of the brain responsible for balance
What is the cerebellum?
The knee region
What is the patellar region?
Bones that protect organs like the brain and heart
What are flat bones?
The skin structure that produces hair
What is the hair follicle?
The connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
The system that controls involuntary actions
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The shoulder region
What is the acromial region?
The number of bones in the adult human body
What is 206?
The skin's role in regulating body temperature
The ability of a muscle to shorten and produce movement
What is contractility?
The main organ that connects the brain to the rest of the body
What is the spinal cord?
The region between the hips on the back
What is the sacral region?