What is ossification?
The process by which bone forms
Which two main structures make up the CNS?
Brain and Spinal Cord
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal
Your ability to taste is also known as...?
Gustation
Neurons are surrounded by what kind of cells?
Neuroglial cells or Glial Cells
The diaphysis of a bone is also known as the?
The Shaft
Dense and solid form of bone, contains osteons?
Compact Bone
This type of muscle tissue is striated and involuntary...?
Cardiac
Your ability to smell is also known as...?
Olfaction
The cell body of a neuron is also called the ____?
Soma
Consists of all of the bones arranged along the longitudinal axis of the body.
Axial Skeleton
What are the 3 principal functions of the nervous system?
Sensory Input, Integration, Motor Output
Motor unit recruitment is the process of.....?
increasing the number of active motor units
The ability to sense your body position and movements in time and space.
Proprioception
The peripheral nervous system controls ...?
All other nervous tissue outside the brain and spinal cord
These stores fat inside of the bones medullary cavity that can be used as a potential chemical energy reserve.
Yellow Bone Marrow
Ligaments connect ____ to ____?
Bone to Bone
The recording of a muscle contraction is called a ____?
Myogram
Rods and cones play a significant role in the sense of...?
Vision or Sight
"Rest and Digest" relates to the ...?
Parasympathetic Division
Bone stem cells that can differentiate into osteoblasts and osteocytes.
Osteoprogenitor Cells
What are the 4 different types of bone fractures?
Partial, Complete, Open, and Closed
What are the 3 types of muscle fibers?
Slow Oxidative, Fast Oxidative Glycolytic, Fast Glycolytic
What are the 5 special senses?
Balance, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Vision
The word Efferent relates to what division of the Peripheral Nervous System?
Motor