biology checkup 3

Question 1

artificial joint

Answer 1

prosthesis

Question 2

band of tough, fibrous connective tissue; holds bones of a synovial joint in place

Answer 2

ligament

Question 3

muscle; striated muscle tissue; myofibrils, actin, and myosin

Answer 3

skeletal

Question 4

muscle; small, spindle-shaped cells arranged in flat sheet; found in the internal organs, arterial walls, and gall bladder

Answer 4

smooth

Question 5

muscle; the heart; striated muscle tissue; cell fork and rejoin

Answer 5

cardiac

Question 6

band of connective tissue; attaches muscle to bone or cartilage

Answer 6

tendon

Question 7

point where a muscle attaches to the bone that moves at the joint

Answer 7

insertion

Question 8

point where muscle attaches to a stationary bone

Answer 8

origin

Question 9

muscle; causes a joint to straighten

Answer 9

extensor

Question 10

muscle; causes a joint to bend

Answer 10

flexor

Question 11

smooth muscle; opens and closes an opening

Answer 11

sphincter

Question 12

wavelike muscle movement; pushes food through the intestines

Answer 12

peristalsis