bio quiz octobwe

Question 1

suture

Answer 1

joint found only in skull

Question 2

synovial joints

Answer 2

freely movable joints, considered body main functional joints

Question 3

ligament

Answer 3

bone to bone

Question 4

tendon

Answer 4

muscle to bone

Question 5

cutaneous membrane

Answer 5

skin

Question 6

parietal

Answer 6

line walls of body cavities

Question 7

visceral

Answer 7

covers organs found in body cavities

Question 8

epidermis

Answer 8

outer most and thinnest layer of skin

Question 9

dermis

Answer 9

thicker and deeper layer of skin

Question 10

4 types of bones

Answer 10

long, short, flat, irregular

Question 11

osteoblast

Answer 11

build bone

Question 12

osteoclast

Answer 12

dissolve bone

Question 13

osteocyte

Answer 13

maintains bone tissue/mature bone cells

Question 14

epiphyseal growth plate

Answer 14

plate/ disc after bones stop growing

Question 15

femur

Answer 15

thigh bone

Question 16

axial skeleton

Answer 16

80 bones

Question 16

appendicular skeleton

Answer 16

126 bones

Question 17

synarthrosis

Answer 17

joint types with no movement

Question 18

amphiarthorsis

Answer 18

joint types with slight movement

Question 18

tetanic contraction

Answer 18

long and steady muscle contractions

Question 19

isometric contractions

Answer 19

contractions that don’t produce movement

Question 20

extension

Answer 20

movement that increases the
angle between two bones at their joint:
straightening
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Question 20

flexion

Answer 20

movement that decreases the angle
between two bones at their joint: bending

Question 21

abduction

Answer 21

movement of a body part away from midline

Question 22

adduction

Answer 22

movement of a part towards the midline

Question 23

3 parts of neuron

Answer 23

cell body, dendrite, axon

Question 24

white matter

Answer 24

the tissue within the central nervous system primarily composed of myelinated axons

Question 24

grey matter

Answer 24

type of tissue in brain and spinal cord

Question 25

synapse

Answer 25

the junction between two neurons that allows a signal to pass between themthe place where impulses are
transmitted from one neuron to another

Question 26

cerebrum

Answer 26

largest part of brain

Question 27

myalgia

Answer 27

muscle pain

Question 28

neuritis

Answer 28

referring to nerve
inflammation or infection

Question 29

endocrine glands

Answer 29

secretes hormones

Question 30

major hormone 1.
thyroid stimulating hormone

Answer 30

stimulates growth of the thyroid
gland; also stimulates it to secrete thyroid
hormone

Question 31

prostaglandins

Answer 31

Prostaglandins (PGs) are powerful substances
found in a wide variety of body tissues

Question 32

parathyroid hormone

Answer 32

increases blood
calcium concentration by increasing the
breakdown of bone with the release of
calcium into the blood
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Question 32

major hormone 2.
growth hormone

Answer 32

stimulates growth by accelerating protein
anabolism; also accelerates fat catabolism and
slows glucose catabolism;