Skin 1
What are the 2 layers of skin?
Epidermis, Dermis
What is the largest organ in the body?
Skin
What are the 3 types of muscles?
cardiac, skeletal, and smooth
What is an involuntary muscle? What is a voluntary muscle?
Involuntary: can't control
Voluntary: can control
What bones make up the axial skeleton?
Skull, vertebrae and ribs and hyoid bone
What is the epidermis?
the outer most layer of the skin
Name the 3 serous membranes?
Pleura, pericardium, and peritoneum
Which muscle is involuntary? Which is voluntary?
Involuntary: cardiac, smooth
Voluntary: skeletal
Non weight bearing bone in the lower leg
Fibula
What are the 3 types of joints according to level of movement?
Synarthroses, amphiarthroses and diarthroses
Located below the epidermis, contains blood vessels, nerves, muscles and oil/sweat glands
What are the 5 skin functions? (Name them)
Sweat glands, protection, sensory response, vitamin D protection, body temperature control
Where is cardiac muscle found? Tell me 2 facts about it
Found in the heart, reacts quickly, doesn't get tired
What is the job of cartilage?
protects joints, provides cushion (reduces friction)
How many types of movable joints are there?
What does the fatty layer do?
helps maintain the body's temperature, and provides cushion
What is the job of sweat glands?
controls body temperature, and gets rid of waste
What is a skeletal muscle?
muscles that are attached to bones by tendons
Cervical, thoracic and lumbar
What are the 6 movable joints? (Name them)
hinge joint
ball and socket joint
saddle joint
pivot joint
gliding joint
condyloid joint
What is another name for the fatty layer?
Subcutaneous fatty layer
Why is vitamin D production so imporant?
helps our body absorb calcium
What is a tendon?
thick bands of tissues attach bones to muscles
osteoblasts and osteoclasts
Largest bone in the body
Femur