Skeletal & Muscular System
This connects bones to muscles
What is a tendon?
Which system works faster - nervous or endocrine? This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for vision.
The nervous system
What gives the skin its pigment?
What is melanin?
These carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body
What are red blood cells?
This organ helps break down food and absorb nutrients
What is the small intestine?
How many bones are in the body?
206?
What part of the brain regulates emotions?
The amygdala
This hormone lowers blood sugar when it gets too high
What is insulin?
These are the small, balloon-like sacs where gas exchange occurs
What are alveoli?
This organ produces bile to help digest fats
What is the liver?
What is the name of the proteins that help muscles contract?
Actin and myosin
What are the male reproductive cells called?
sperm
Located in the neck, the largest gland in the endocrine system.
What is the Thyroid Gland?
This heart chamber pumps oxygenated blood into the aorta
What is the left ventricle?
This waste product is primarily removed from the blood by the kidneys
What is urea?
What is the only muscle you can move voluntarily?
skeletal muscle
The gap between two communicating neurons where neurotransmitters are released.
What is the synapse?
These are the four main components of the integumentary system
What are skin, glands, nails, and hair?
This artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs before it enters lung tissue
What is the pulmonary artery?
These are the fingerlike extensions in the small intestine that increase surface area
What are villi?
What type of muscle is involuntary, striated, and only found in the heart.
Cardiac muscle
What is
Unipolar, Bipolar, Pseudounipolar, and Multipolar
This gland produces the hormone that helps you sleep
What is the pineal gland?
What term describes abnormally high blood pressure?
What is hypertension?
This enzyme begins the digestion of proteins in the stomach
What is pepsin?