Human Body Quiz Flashcards
The musculoskeletal system is made up of _ systems
two
The muscle system works by
Pulling on the skeletal system
The skeletal system provides what?
Structure for the body.
What are the three types of muscles?
Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal.
Where is smooth muscle located?
Digestive tract, bladder, arteries, veins, etc.
Describe smooth muscles.
Elongated, thin, one nucleus, and form sheets rather than bundles.
What are smooth muscles controlled by?
Autonomic Nervous System
ANS
Describe skeletal muscle.
Cylindrical, many nuclei, and makes bundles, rather than sheets.
What are Striations?
Light and dark bands alternating in muscle.
Cardiac muscle is a cross between what muscles
Smooth and skeletal
What is your cardiac muscle used for
The heart
what are cardiac muscles controlled by
ANS, Autonomic Nervous system
what are flexors
A muscle that bends part of our body.
What are extensors
A muscle that straightens part of our body.
Wat are tendons made out of
Collagen
what are the four main functions of bone
Support for the body and organs, support for storage of materials, assisting with movement, and to manufacture red blood cells.
what is periosteum
Fibrous membrane that covers and protects the bones.
what is compact bone
dense outer layer of bone, hard and strong.
What is spongy bone
Light, less dense, porous.
what is bone marrow
Inside bones that make red blood cells.
what are the types of joints
Ball and socket, gliding, and hinge.
What do gliding joints do
allows bones to slide over one another. Like the Wrist.
What do ball and socket joints do
rotation on any axis. like shoulder joints.
what do hinge joints do
movement on one axis, like the elbow.
