Cells
Responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carbon dioxide away from the tissues
What are erythrocytes?
The energy-storing cells
What are adipocytes?
the bottoms of the back feet
the top/cranial part of the paw
What is plantar?
What is anterior?
Attaches muscle to bone
The most common IM injection site in dogs and cats
What are tendons?
What is the epaxial?
Allows digestion to begin again
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Maintains and rebuilds tissues after incidents or injuries
What are fibroblasts?
Secretes directly into the bloodstream
TWO examples of hormones
Where does the endocrine system secrete hormones?
What are cortisol, estrogen, testosterone, or dopamine?
towards the nose
What is rostral?
The muscle function that creates heat in the body
TWO actions that create heat in the body
What is thermogenesis?
What is activity/exercise and shivering?
Needing more oxygen pulled into the lungs
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Aids in assisting white blood cells to fight infections
What are lymphocytes?
The FOUR groups of connective tissues
What are connective tissue, cartilage, bone, and blood?
to move AWAY from the middle
to make the joint straight
What is abduction?
What is extension?
The neuromuscular junction
Temporary/chronic paralysis or pain in the rear leg(s)
Where do nerves enter the muscles to control movement?
What happens if the sciatic nerve is injured?
The heart feels as if it is leaving the chest
What is an example of the sympathetic nervous system?
Produces material to build and repair the joints
What are chondrocytes?
The FOUR basic types of tissues found in the body
What are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues?
Divides the body into cranial vs caudal
Divides the body into unequal Left vs right
What is the transverse plane?
What are sagittal or longitudinal planes?
The FOUR basic tissue types
What are muscular, nervous, connective and epithelial?
Having offspring in an enclosure/zoo
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
After fertilization, it will develop into an embryo, then a fetus
What is an oocyte?
The FOUR locations of epithelial tissues inside the body
What are blood vessels, the bladder wall, the intestines, and the upper respiratory tract?
Towards the middle of the body
What is distal?
What is medial?
The FOUR hollow visceral smooth muscle organs
Muscles under your control
What are the stomach, the intestines, the uterus, and the urinary bladder?
What are voluntary muscles?
Freezing in front of a charging dog
What is the sympathetic nervous system?