Science teastez Flashcards
place where bones meet
joints
joint between your fingers and hand
ellipsoid joint
allows motion in a single plane
hinge joint
inflimation of the joints
arthiritus
muscles that you don’t have concious control of
involountary muscles
muscle cells in the heart
cardiac cells
cells in the invoulntary muscles
smooth cells
allows you to close your jaw
masseter
either of a pair of large triangular muscles extending over the back of the neck and shoulders and moving the head and shoulder blade
trapezius
allows you to sit up
erectus abdominus
the chief muscle of the calf of the leg, which flexes the knee and foot. It runs to the Achilles tendon from two heads attached to the femur.
gastric nemus
tough 3 layered sheet that protects muscles
epimesium
one motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates
motor unit
made up of the brain and spinal cord
central nervous system
three membrane layers that cover and protect your brain and spinal cord
meninges
supports and insulates cells
gliale cells
made up of a large network of nerve fibers (axons) in your brain that allows the exchange of information and communication between different areas of your brain
white matter