chapter 8-11 Flashcards
which joint would likely exhibit circumduction?
shoulder
joints are classified by?
function and structure
most joints are?
synovial
rotation is defined as?
moving a part around an axis (in a circle).
functions of joints are?
make bones grow and permit parts of the skeleton to change during childbirth.
the functional unit of skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue is the?
sarcomere
muscle is attached to bone by?
tendons
in skeletal and cardiac muscle fibers calcium joints bind to?
troponin
smooth muscle tissue is found primarily in?
the wall of hollow organs
the functions of the muscular systems are?
movement of food, solid waste and urine, and movement, of the body.
muscle ONLY?
PULL!!! they never push
the part of the nerves cell that transmits impulses away from the cell body is the?
axons
what are the parts of all neurons?
cell body, dendrites and axon.
what is the same of the chemicals in synaptic vesicles at the axon terminal that allows electricals impulses to move from one neuron to another?
neurotransmitters
immediately after a neuron is stimulated the membrane is?
depolarized
the central nervous system is?
the brain and spinal cord.
the two types of nervous tissues are?
neuroglia and neurons
what are the parts of the CNS?
spinal cord and the brain
what are the parts of the PNS?
cranial nerves and the spinal nerves.
what are the general function of the nervous system?
sending commands to the effectors, coronating Info and making decisions, detecting change internally and externally, and receiving Info.
afferent neurons carry information to effectors?
false
fibrous
held together by dense connective tissues. thin layer of connective tissue. connects bones.