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Long bone
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Typically longer than they are wide .
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Short bones
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Generally cube-shaped and contain mostly spongy bone.
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Flat bones
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Thin , flattened , and usually curved .
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Irregular bones
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Bones that do not fit one of the preceding categories
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Diaphysis
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Or shaft , makes up most of the bone's length and is composed of compact bone .
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Epiphyses
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The ends of the long bone .
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Sharpey's fibers
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Hundreds of connective tissue fibers , secure the periosteum to the underlying bone.
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Compact bone
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Dense and looks smooth and homogeneous.
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Compact bone
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Dense and looks smooth and homogeneous.
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Spongy bone
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Composed of small needle like pieces of bone and lots of open space.
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Yellow marrow
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Storage area for adipose (fat) tissue.
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Yellow marrow
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Storage area for adipose (fat) tissue.
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Red marrow
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Confined to cavities in the spongy bone of flat bones and the epiphysis of some long bones.
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Epiphyseal plate
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A flat plate of hyaline cartilage .
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Epiphyseal plate
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A flat plate of hyaline cartilage .
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Osteocytes
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Mature bone cells ,
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Patella
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Knee
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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|
True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Patella
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Knee
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Femur
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Thigh bone
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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|
Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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|
Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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|
Hyoid bones
|
Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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|
Coccyx
|
Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
|
|
Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
|
|
Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
|
|
True ribd
|
First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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|
Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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|
Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Patella
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Knee
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Femur
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Thigh bone
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Bursae
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Flattened fibrous sacs lined with synovial membrane and containing a thin film of synovial fluid
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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|
Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
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The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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|
Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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|
Coccyx
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Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
|
|
Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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|
Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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|
True ribd
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First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
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Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Patella
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Knee
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Femur
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Thigh bone
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Bursae
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Flattened fibrous sacs lined with synovial membrane and containing a thin film of synovial fluid
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Gout
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A disease in which uric acid accumulates in the blood and may be deposited as needle-shaped crystals in the soft tissues of joints .
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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|
Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
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Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
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Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Lacunae
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Tiny cavities
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Appendicular skeleton
|
The bones of the limbs and girdles
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Fontanels
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Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones
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Hyoid bones
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Only bone that doesn't articulate directly with any other bone
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Coccyx
|
Formed from the fusion of the three to five tiny, irregularly shaped vertebrae
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Lumbar
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Portion of the back between the thorax and the pelvis
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Cervical
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The neck or neckline portion of an organ or structure
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True ribd
|
First seven pairs attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilages
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Floating ribs
|
Last two pairs of false ribs lack the eternal attachments
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Phalanges
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Bones of the fingers
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Sternum
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Breast bone
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Canaliculi
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Tiny canals , radiate outward from the central canals to all lacunae .
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Patella
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Knee
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Femur
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Thigh bone
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Bursae
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Flattened fibrous sacs lined with synovial membrane and containing a thin film of synovial fluid
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Gout
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A disease in which uric acid accumulates in the blood and may be deposited as needle-shaped crystals in the soft tissues of joints .
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Osteoporosis
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Bone thinning disease that afflicts half of women over 65 and some 20 percent of men over 70
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Ossificatiob
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Process of bone formation .
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Osteoclasts
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Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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Simple fractures
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A fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin
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Compound fracture
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When the broken bone ends penetrate through the skin
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Compression
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Bone is crushed
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Comminuted
|
Bone breaks into many fragments
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Greenstick fracture
|
Bone breaks incompletely , much in the way a green twig breaks
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Axial skeleton
|
Bones that form the longitudinal axis of the body
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Skeletal Muscle
|
Help form the much smoother contours of the body . Huge , cigar shaped multinucleate cells
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Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
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Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
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|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
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Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
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Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
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Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
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|
Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
|
|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
|
|
Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
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Endomysium
|
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibers
|
|
Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
|
|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
|
|
Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
|
|
Endomysium
|
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibers
|
|
Fasicle
|
A bundle of nerve or muscle fibers Bound together by connective tissue
|
|
Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
|
|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
|
|
Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
|
|
Endomysium
|
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibers
|
|
Fasicle
|
A bundle of nerve or muscle fibers Bound together by connective tissue
|
|
Tendons
|
Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
|
|
Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
|
|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
|
|
Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
|
|
Endomysium
|
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibers
|
|
Fasicle
|
A bundle of nerve or muscle fibers Bound together by connective tissue
|
|
Tendons
|
Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
|
|
Sarcolema
|
Vgc
|
|
Smooth Muscle
|
No striations & is involuntary . Found mainly in walls of hallow organs
|
|
Cardiac Muscle
|
Found o my in one place in the body - the heart .
|
|
Striated muscle
|
Also known as skeletal muscle because it's fibers have obvious stripes
|
|
Endomysium
|
The thin connective tissue surrounding each muscle fibers
|
|
Fasicle
|
A bundle of nerve or muscle fibers Bound together by connective tissue
|
|
Tendons
|
Cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
|
|
Sarcolema
|
Vgc
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
CVA
|
Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
CVA
|
Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
|
|
Blood brain barrier
|
A mechanism that inhibits passage of materials from the blood into brain tissues
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
CVA
|
Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
|
|
Blood brain barrier
|
A mechanism that inhibits passage of materials from the blood into brain tissues
|
|
Cauda equina
|
Collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the vertebral canal
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
|
|
Myofibrils
|
Long ribbonlike organelles
|
|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
|
Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
|
Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
|
Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
|
Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
|
Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
|
Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
|
|
Nodes of ranvier
|
Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
|
Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
|
Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
|
An axon and a dendrite
|
|
Unipolar
|
Single process emerging from the cell body
|
|
Reflexes
|
Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
|
Shallow grooves
|
|
Fissures
|
Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
|
Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
|
Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
|
Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
|
About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
|
Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
|
When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
CVA
|
Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
|
|
Blood brain barrier
|
A mechanism that inhibits passage of materials from the blood into brain tissues
|
|
Cauda equina
|
Collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the vertebral canal
|
|
Endoneurium
|
Delicate connective tissue sheath
|
|
Synaptic cleft
|
The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
|
|
Axon
|
Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
|
|
Neuromuscular junction
|
The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
|
A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
|
|
Sarcolemma
|
Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
|
|
Action potential
|
Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
|
|
Muscle teotches
|
A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
|
|
Complete tetanus
|
The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
|
|
Creatine phosphate
|
Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
|
|
Lactic acid
|
The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
|
|
Isometric exercise
|
Of the same length .
|
|
Flexion
|
Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
|
|
Extension
|
Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
|
|
Rotation
|
Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
|
|
Circumduction
|
A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
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Myofibrils
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Long ribbonlike organelles
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Orogin
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Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
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Insertion
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The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
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Platysma
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A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
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Zygomaticus
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Raises corner of mouth
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Intercostal
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Deep muscles between found between the ribs
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Latissimus dorsi
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Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
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Gluteus maximus
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Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
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CNS
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Consists of the brain and spinal cord
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PNS
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Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
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Afferent
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Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
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Sarcomere
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Chains of tiny contractile units
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Efferent
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Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
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Somatic
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Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
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Autonomic
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Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
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Neitoglia
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Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
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Microglia
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Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
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Oligodendrocytes
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Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
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Schwann Cells
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Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
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Nissl substance
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Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
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Dendrites
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Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
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Myelin
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Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
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Myofilaments
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Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
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Nodes of ranvier
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Gaps or indentations
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White matter
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Dense collections of myelinated fibers
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Grey matter
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Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
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Association neurons
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Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
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Bipolar
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An axon and a dendrite
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Unipolar
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Single process emerging from the cell body
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Reflexes
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Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
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Sulci
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Shallow grooves
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Fissures
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Less numerous are the deeper grooves
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Occipital lobe
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Visual area
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Actin
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Contractile protein
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Primary motor area
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Consciously move skeletal muscles
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Broca's area
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Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
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Diencephalon
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Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
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Epithalamus
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Forms the root of the third ventricle
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Brain stem
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About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
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Meninges
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Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
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Concussion
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When brain injury is slight
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Contision
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Result of marked tissue destruction
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Cerebral edema
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Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
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Myosin
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Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
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CVA
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Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
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Blood brain barrier
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A mechanism that inhibits passage of materials from the blood into brain tissues
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Cauda equina
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Collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the vertebral canal
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Endoneurium
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Delicate connective tissue sheath
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Sympathetic
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Mobilizes the body during extreme situations
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Synaptic cleft
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The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
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Axon
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Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
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Neuromuscular junction
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The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
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Acetylcholine
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A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
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Sarcolemma
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Oval nuclei beneath the plasma membrane
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Action potential
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Electrical event occurring when a stimulus of sufficient intensity is applied to a neuron or muscle cell
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Muscle teotches
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A single rapid contraction of a muscle followed by relaxation
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Complete tetanus
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The muscle is stimulated so rapidly that no evidence of relaxation is seen and the contractions are completely smooth and sustained
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Creatine phosphate
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Found in muscle fibers but not other cell types
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Lactic acid
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The product of anaerobic metabolism , especially in muscle
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Isometric exercise
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Of the same length .
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Flexion
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Bending; the movement that decreases the angle between bones
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Extension
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Movement that increases the angle of a joint , straightening a flexed knee
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Rotation
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Movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
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Circumduction
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A combination of Flexion , extension , abduction , and adduction .
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Myofibrils
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Long ribbonlike organelles
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|
Orogin
|
Attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during muscular contraction
|
|
Insertion
|
The movable attachment of a muscle as opposed to its origin
|
|
Platysma
|
A single sheet like muscle that covers the anterolateral neck
|
|
Zygomaticus
|
Raises corner of mouth
|
|
Intercostal
|
Deep muscles between found between the ribs
|
|
Latissimus dorsi
|
Two large flat muscles that cover the lower back
|
|
Gluteus maximus
|
Superficial muscle of the hip that forms most of the flesh of the buttock
|
|
CNS
|
Consists of the brain and spinal cord
|
|
PNS
|
Consists mainly of the nerves that extend from the brain to the spinal cord
|
|
Afferent
|
Consists of nerves that convey impulses to the CNS from the sensory receptors.
|
|
Sarcomere
|
Chains of tiny contractile units
|
|
Efferent
|
Carries impulses from the CNS to effector organs, the muscles , and glands
|
|
Somatic
|
Allows us to consciously, or voluntarily, control our skeletal muscles
|
|
Autonomic
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Regulates events that are autonomic or involuntary
|
|
Neitoglia
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Cells that generally support, insulate, and protect the delicate neurons
|
|
Microglia
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Spider like phagocytes that dispose of debris , including dead brain cells and bacteria
|
|
Oligodendrocytes
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Glia that wrap their flat extensions tightly around the nerve fiber
|
|
Schwann Cells
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Form the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers that are found in the PNS
|
|
Nissl substance
|
Intermediate filaments that are important in maintaining cell shape
|
|
Dendrites
|
Neuron processes that convey incoming messages
|
|
Myelin
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Long nerve fibers are covered with a whitish fatty material
|
|
Myofilaments
|
Filaments composing the myofibrils. Two types : actin & myosin
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|
Nodes of ranvier
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Gaps or indentations
|
|
White matter
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Dense collections of myelinated fibers
|
|
Grey matter
|
Contains mostly unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
|
|
Association neurons
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Connect the motor and sensory neurons in neural pathways
|
|
Bipolar
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An axon and a dendrite
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|
Unipolar
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Single process emerging from the cell body
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|
Reflexes
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Rapid predictable and involuntary responses to stimuli
|
|
Sulci
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Shallow grooves
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|
Fissures
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Less numerous are the deeper grooves
|
|
Occipital lobe
|
Visual area
|
|
Actin
|
Contractile protein
|
|
Primary motor area
|
Consciously move skeletal muscles
|
|
Broca's area
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Found at the base of the precentral gyrus
|
|
Diencephalon
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Sits atop the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres.
|
|
Epithalamus
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Forms the root of the third ventricle
|
|
Brain stem
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About the size of a thumb in diameter and approximately 3 inches long
|
|
Meninges
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Three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the CNS structure
|
|
Cerebrospinal fluid
|
Watery broth similar in its makeup to blood plasma
|
|
Concussion
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When brain injury is slight
|
|
Contision
|
Result of marked tissue destruction
|
|
Cerebral edema
|
Swelling of the brain due to inflammatory response to injury
|
|
Myosin
|
Principal contractile proteins found in muscles
|
|
CVA
|
Strokes , occur when blood circulation to a brain area is blocked
|
|
Blood brain barrier
|
A mechanism that inhibits passage of materials from the blood into brain tissues
|
|
Cauda equina
|
Collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the vertebral canal
|
|
Endoneurium
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Delicate connective tissue sheath
|
|
Sympathetic
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Mobilizes the body during extreme situations
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Parasympathetic
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Allows us to unwind & conserve energy
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Synaptic cleft
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The fluid - filled space at a synapse between neurons
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Axon
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Neuron process that carries impulses away from the nerve cell body;
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|
Neuromuscular junction
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The region were a motor neuron comes into close contact with a skeletal muscle cell
|
|
Acetylcholine
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A chemical transmitter substance released by certain nerve endings
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