Bones, Muscles, and Skin Flashcards
What are the five major functions of the skeleton?
Shape and Support Movement and Protection Production and Storage of Substances Immovable Joints Movable Joints
What are the 26 small bones that make up the backbone?
Vertebrae
The long bones of the arms and legs make?
Blood
Which bones are held together by immovable joints?
Skull
Allows forward or backwards motion. Located in knee and elbow.
Hinge Joint
Allows the greatest range of motion. Located in shoulder and hips.
Ball-and-Socket Joint
Allows one bone to rotate around another. Located in the neck.
Pivot Joint
Allows one bone to slide over another. Located in wrist and ankle.
Gliding Joint
Below outer membrane.
Compact Bone
Soft connective tissue in the spaces in bone.
Marrow
Much of an infant’s skeleton is _____.
Cartilage
Exercising is important for muscles because it?
Helps maintain strength and flexibility.
Is the skeletal muscle striated or not?
Striated
Is the smooth muscle striated or not?
Not
Is the cardiac muscle striated or not?
Striated
A strong connective tissue that attaches muscles to bone is a?
Tendon
The cardiac muscle is found only where?
In your heart
Why must skeleton muscles work in pairs to move bones?
Because muscle cells can only contract, not extend
To bend the elbow, the biceps muscle _____ and the triceps muscle returns to its _____ _____.
Contracts
Original Length
The outermost layer of skin is the?
Epidermis
List the levels of organization in the human body, starting with the smallest unit.
Cells
Tissues
Organ
Organ System
The basic unit of structure and function in a living thing is a?
Cell
The control center that directs the cell’s activities and contains information that determines the cell’s form and function is the _______.
Nucleus
Muscle tissue can _____ and _____.
Contract
Shorten