Muscular and Nervous

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A tough sheet like membrane that covers and protects the tissue is a 

fascia

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if the leg is moved out to the side away from the body, the movement is called 

abduction

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if the lower leg is straightened away from the upper leg, the movement is called 

extension

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swinging the arm in a circle is an example of 

circumduction

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the muscle on the upper back and neck that extends the head and moves the shoulder is the

trapezius

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the muscle on the upper chest that adducts and flexes the upper arm is the 

pecotoralis major

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the muscle on the buttocks that extends down the thigh is the 

gluteus maximus

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A group of inherited diseases that lead to chronic, progressive muscle atrophy

muscular dystrophy

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Which muscle is voluntary

skeletal

500

the basic structural unit of the nervous system is the 

neuron

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a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the cell body

dendrite

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sensory nerves that carry messages from all parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord are 

afferent

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the part of the brain responsible for muscle coordination, balance and posture, and muscle tone is the 

cerebellum

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the part of the brain responsible for conducting impulses between brain parts and for certain eye reflexes is 

mid brain

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the part of the brain that is responsible for thought, reasoning, memory, judgement, speech, and voluntary body movement is 

cerebrum

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hollow spaces in the brain filled with cerebrospinal fluid are called 

ventricles

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the division of the autonomic nervous system that acts in time of emergency is the 

sympathetic 

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the thick, tough outer covering of the brain and spinal cord is 

dura mater

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the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system work together to maintain a balanced state called 

homeostasis

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a condition caused by continuous repetitive movement  of the wrist 

carpal tunnel 

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an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles  of the brain is 

hydrocephalus

200

an acute inflammation of nerve cells caused by the herpes virus 

shingles 

300

What part of the brain connects with the spinal cord?

medulla oblongata

400

a chronic, progressive, disabling condition resulting from a degeneration of the myelin sheath is 

multiple sclerosis

500

paralysis of the lower extremities 

paraplegia