Bone
What do bones protect?
Internal Organs
What type of tissue connects bone to bone?
Ligaments
What type of tissue produces heat?
muscles
What is automaticity?
ability to contract without a nerve supply
What type of muscle is not under conscious control?
smooth or involuntary muscle
How many bones in the human body?
206
What type of tissue cushions joints and absorbs shock?
Cartilage
What is the place where 2 bones meet called?
joint
What is contractility?
Ability to shorten or contract?
Gove one example of smooth or involuntary muscle.
GI tract, blood vessels, bladder
What is a fracture?
a break in the bone
What type of tissue is flexible and allows movement of thoracic cage?
cartilage
What type of tissue maintains posture?
muscles
What is elasticity?
ability to resume resting length when stretching force is removed
What type of muscle attached to bone?
skeletal or voluntary
What is a dislocation?
an injury that disrupts a joint
What type of tissue connects muscles to bones?
tendons
What type of tissue maintains posture?
muscles
What is excitability?
ability to receive and respond to a nerve impulse by contracting
cardiac muscle
What does the term articulation mean?
the place where 2 bones meet - also called joint
State one place cartilage is located in the body.
front of rib cage, joints, between vertebrae in spinal column
What type of tissue gives the body structure?
bones
extensibility
ability to be stretched
What type of muscle is under conscious control?
skeletal or voluntary