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Question | Answer |
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The femur and humerus are examples of what kind of bone | Long |
Bones that vary in shape like the vertebrae are called | Irregular |
Cube or nugget-shaped bones are called | Short |
What is a layer of tissue that covers the ends of the bone and absorbs impacts | Cartilage |
Where is cardiac muscle found | heart |
The protection of the body’s insides is the main function of the what? | Skin |
What protein helps speed up chemical digestion | Enzymes |
Which type of blood cell carries oxygen | Red blood cells |
Which type of blood cell fights infection | White blood cells |
Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart | Arteries |
This muscle runs across the bottom of your chest cavity and helps you breathe. | Diaphragm |
What holds the urine until it leaves the body | Bladder |
The job of the excretory system is to | Remove waste |
Which body system is responsible for keeping pathogens from invading the body? | Immune |
Place where two bones meet | Joint |
Organ in the urinary system that filters blood | kidney |
Connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to bone | tendon |
What coats the stomach to protect it from stomach acid? | mucus |
What is the function of the skeletal muscle | move bones |
Muscles work in pairs. One muscle will ___________ and the other will ___________. | contract, extend |
Nails are a form of what | modified hair |
The central nervous system is composed of what | spinal cord and brain |
Nervous System that controls involuntary muscles like smooth and cardiac | autonomic nervous system |
Nervous System that controls voluntary muscles like skeletal | somatic |
Nerve cell, sends messages through the nervous system | neuron |
Layer of skin below the epidermis | dermis |
a small cavity where a hair grows from | follicle |