Vocabulary 1
This type of muscle functions whether you think about it or not.
Involuntary muscle
What do you call the fibers that connect the CNS with the rest of the body.
Nerves
Top layer that contains pigments that give the skin its color.
Epidermis
What type or shape of bone is the femur?
Long bone
Where are the Islets of Langerhans located?
In the pancreas
What do you call the electrochemical messages transmitted by the nerves to the whole body.
Impulses
This type of muscle can be directly controlled with your conscious mind.
This layer of the skin contains sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles.
Dermis
Mention all 4 shapes (types) of bones
Long bone
Short bone
Flat bone
Irregular bone
This part of the brain controls automatic activities such as breathing and digestion.
Brain stem
What do you call the tissue that connects bones to other bones.
Ligaments
What do you call the cord-like structures that connect skeletal muscles to bones.
Tendons
This layer of the skin contains adipose tissue and major blood vessels. This layer also controls body temperature.
Subcutaneous layer
Mention the 3 types of joints
Hinge joints
Pivot joints
Ball-and-socket joints
This part of your nervous system that controls simple reflexes.
Spinal cord
What do you call the chemical substances that control growth, digestion, and other automatic activities.
Hormones
What does CNS mean?
Central nervous system
What do you call the brown pigment that determines your skin color.
Melanin
What type or shape of bone are the ribs?
This hormone controls waking and sleeping.
Pineal gland
What does PNS mean?
Peripheral nervous system.
What do you call the soft, fatty tissue in the porous center of a long bone.
Marrow
With the use of sensory receptors
Preventing organisms from entering our body
Slowing down the loss of water
The skeleton is divided mainly in 2 parts.
Which of these 2 do the bones in your hand belong to?
Appendicular Skeleton
This hormone triggers reactions to stress or fear.
Adrenal gland