Muscular System
The type of muscle that lines passageways and organs in the body
What are smooth muscles?
This cord attaches muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
Nerve cells that transmit messages to and from the spinal cord and brain
What are neurons?
The type of muscle that lines the bones
What is skeletal muscle?
This is between two bones to give cushion
What is cartilage?
The largest and most complex part of the brain
What is the cerebrum?
The type of muscle that closes a joint
What is a flexor?
Slightly elastic connective tissue that connects two bones
What is a ligament?
Three inch long stalk of nerve cells that connects the spinal cord to the brain
What is the brain stem?
The type of muscle that opens a joint
What is an extensor?
The process of bone being formed, repaired, or regenerated
What is ossification?
A disorder of the nervous system that causes recurrent seizures
What is epilepsy?
The inflammation of a tendon
What is tendonitis?
A break in a bone
What is a fracture?
A group of neurological disorders that result in damage to the brain before, during, or after birth and early childhood
What is cerebral palsy?