skeletal system
Composed of ⅔ mineral and ⅓ organic matter
What are bones.
Study of the structure, function and diseases of the muscles
What is Myology?
Responsible for circulation of the blood
Includes heart, arteries, veins and capillaries
What is the Cardiovascular system
Study of the nervous system
What is Neuroscience?
A form of energy that produces light, heat and magnetic and chemical changes
What is Electricity?
The study of bones
What is Osteology?
40%-50% of the body’s weight
Produce movement when stimulated
What are muscles?
Responsible for circulation of lymph
Includes lymph nodes (gland-like structures) and lymphatic vessels
What is the lymphatic system?
Brain
Spinal cord
Cranial nerves
What is the nervous system?
Material that allows electricity to flow through it easily
What is a conductor?
Largest bone of upper arm; extends from elbow to shoulder
What is the Humerus
Respond to commands regulated by will
What is Voluntary or striated muscle tissue.
Cone-shaped muscular organ located in
the chest cavity
• Encased in the pericardium membrane
• Contracts and relaxes to move blood
• Consists of 4 chambers
What is the Heart?
Controls the nervous system
Is the command center
Weighs 45-49 ounces
What is the brain?
A material that does not allow the flow of electric current
What is an insulator?
longest bone in the body
What is the Femur
Muscle of the heart itself
• Only muscle of its type in the human body
• Functions involuntarily
What is the cardiac muscle?
Transports oxygen, waste, nutrients and hormones
Protects the body from threat of infections and disease-causing bacteria
Regulates the temperature, pH balance and blood pressure of the body
What is blood?
Axons take information away from the nerve cell
Dendrites bring information to the cell body
What is THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?
A unit of electric strength
What is an Amp?
7 bones that form top part of spinal column; involved in extended scalp massage
What are cervical vertebrae?
Structures above the cranium, including muscle, skin and aponeuroses
What is the epicranium?
Red blood cells, White blood cells, Blood platelets & Plasma
What does blood consist of?
Sensory (Afferent)
Carry messages to the brain and spinal cord
Receptors
Send sensory messages to the brain
Motor (Efferent)
Carry messages from the brain to muscles and glands
What are the types of nerves
A unit of electric pressure
What is a Volt?