Body Systems and Anatomical Directions

Question 1

Involuntary Muscles

Answer 1

Muscles that aren’t under your conscious control

Question 2

Voluntary Muscles

Answer 2

Muscles under your conscious control

Question 3

Tendon

Answer 3

Strong connective tissue that attaches the muscle to the bone

Question 4

Striated Muscle

Answer 4

A muscle that appears banded

Question 5

Superior

Answer 5

Closer to the head or top of the body

Question 6

Inferior

Answer 6

Towards the feet or bottom of the body

Question 7

Anterior

Answer 7

Towards the front of the body

Question 8

Posterior

Answer 8

Towards the back of the body

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Away from the trunk of the body on a limb

Question 10

Proximal

Answer 10

Towards the trunk of the body of the limb

Question 11

Medial

Answer 11

Towards the midline of the body

Question 12

Lateral

Answer 12

Away from the midline of the body

Question 13

Epidermis

Answer 13

The outer layer of skin

Question 14

Melanocytes

Answer 14

A structure in the skin that produces melanin

Question 15

Melanin

Answer 15

A pigment that gives skin its color

Question 16

Dermis

Answer 16

The inner layer of skin

Question 17

Vertebrae

Answer 17

The bones that make up the backbone of an organism

Question 18

Joint

Answer 18

A place in the body where two bones meet

Question 19

Ligament

Answer 19

Strong connective tissue that holds bones together in movable joints

Question 20

Cartilage

Answer 20

A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together.

Question 21

Osteoporosis

Answer 21

A condition resulting from a loss of minerals in which the body’s bones become weak and break easily

Question 22

Axial Skeleton

Answer 22

Skeleton that consists of the head and the trunk of the body

Question 23

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 23

Skeleton that consists of the limbs of the body