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How does your body maintain homestasis?
sweating when you heat up
What does the skeleton of the body do?
Provides shape & support
Enables movement
Protects your internal organs
What is the place in the body where two bones come together?
joint
An example of a ball and socket joint is ?
hip
The spaces in the bone that contains "soft connective tissue"?
marrow
The strong connective tissue that attaches the muscle to bone?
tendon
Is a muscle tissue able to contract?
yes
What are the openings in the skin through which perspiration exitsd the body?
pores
What structure directs the activity of the cells.
nucleus
A group of cells that perform a similar function is called ?
tissue
The HIGHEST level of organization in the human body is what?
organ system
The ___ is the basic unit of structure and function in living things.
cell
Which type of human body tissue can contract or shorten?
muscle tissue
Your stomach is lined with what?
epithelial tissue
The brain is composed mostly of ___ tissue.
nerve
The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes isn the extenal environment?
homeostasis
When a person's body needs water the brain maintains homeostasis by what?
Sending a message to the brain to make a person FEEL THIRSTY/
What is reaction of your body and mind to threatening or challenging events called?
stress
Bones store minerals such as phosphorus and ____
calcium
What are the bones that form the backbone called?
vertebrae
Why is the shape of human body different from the shape of a turtle's body?
the skeletons are different
What protects the brain?
the skull
What is much of a new born babies skeleton made of ?
cartlidge
The spaces in bones are filled with ___?
marrow
Beneath the outer membrane of bone there is a layer of what?
compact bone
Why are bones strong and hard?
they have the minerals calcium and phosphorus
As an infant grows hard bone replaces the ______ that forms an infants' skeleton?
cartilage
What typ of join provides the greatesrt range of motion.
ball and joint
What kind of motion is possible with a hinge joint?
backward and forward
The knee is an example of what kind of joint?
hinge
The wrist is a type of ______ joint.
sliding
A ______ is a kind of connective tissue that holds together the bones in MOVABLE JOINTS.
LIGAMENT
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A HINGE ON
A PICTURE THAT MR. OGDEN GIVES YOU
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A BALL AND SOCKET JOINT
ON A PICTURE
IS A SKULL A MOVABLE JOINT?
NO
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A PIVOT JOINT?
IN A PICTURE
Diary products are a good source of what ?
calcium
How does exercise help maintain healty bones?
makes the grow stronger
How is the best way to prevent osteoporosis?
Exercise regularly and include calcium
What kind of muscle is found only in the heart?
cardiac
What type of muscle controls digestion
involuntary
what type of muscle tires quickly?
skeleton
Muscle under your control are called?
voluntary
What type of muscle moves food through the digestive tract?
smooth
How is a muscle attached to bone?
by tendons
Know what a cardiac or heart muscle looks like?
he will give you a picture
know what smooth muscle looks like?
he will give you a picture
know what a skeletal muscle looks like?
from a picture he gives you.
When you use a pencil for writing what muscle are you using?
identify this from a picture
how do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?
while on muscle contracts, the other returns to its original position
to bend a joint, one muscle ____ while the other returns to its original shape.
contract
Exercise is important for muscles because...
helps maintain strength and healthy bones
What happens when muscle cramps?
the muscle contracts strongly and stays contracted
Exercise makes muscles (thicker or thinner)?
thicker
How does the skin protect the body from diseases?
by keeping disease causing microorganisms outside the body
How does the skin hlep regulate body temperature?
by enabling excess heat to escape from the body
What happens when the body becomes too warm?
Blood vessels in the SKIN become WIDER
The skin CELLS produces _______ ___ which helps the digestive system absorb calcium
vitamin D
What helps the skin stay protected from sunburns?
melanin
Where are living cells in the epidermis located?
beneath the dead cells
Where are nerves and blood vessels of the skin located?
DERMIS
Washing your skin helps prevent what?
acne
When drink plenty of water you are hlping water....
your skin stay healthy because your are replacing lost
Limiting sun exposure helps prevent what
skin cancer a disease in which cells divide uncontrollably
What is the basic unit of sturcture and function in living things?
cells
the backbone is made up of ____ bones (the number)
26