Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Body System

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Skelatal System   Provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, produces blood cells, and stpres certain materials until your body needs them.  
🗑
Vertebrae   26 small bones that make your spine.  
🗑
Marrow   The spaces in bone that contain connective tissues.  
🗑
Cartilage   The connective tissue that is more flexible than bone.  
🗑
Joint   Allows the body to move in different ways.  
🗑
Movable Joints   Allow the body to have a veriaty of motion.  
🗑
Ball-and-Socket Joint   Allows you to move in a wide range of motion.  
🗑
Pivot Joint   Allows one bone to rotate around another.  
🗑
Gliding Joint   Alows one bone to slide over another.  
🗑
Hinge Joint   Allows the foward and back motion.  
🗑
Ligament   A strong connective tissue.  
🗑
Healthy Bones   A combination of balenced diet and regular exercise.  
🗑
Osteoporosis   The loss of minerals in a bone.  
🗑
Fracture   A brake in a bone.  
🗑
Sprain   When ligaments are stretched too far and tear.  
🗑
X-rays   A photo taken with waves that con see through tissue but not bone.  
🗑
How x-rays work   The waves ar absorbed by bone and an outline is shown on the film.  
🗑
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)   A method of photographing bones and soft tissue.  
🗑
Bone Injury Prevention Mesures   Warming up before exercising, wearing appropriate protective equipment, and exercising in safe places.  
🗑
Involuntary Muscles   Muscles responsible for things such as breathing and digesting food.  
🗑
Voluntary Muscles   Muscles that are under your control.  
🗑
Skeletal Muscle   Attached to bones in the skeletal system.  
🗑
Tendon   A strong connective tissue that connects bone to muscle.  
🗑
Smooth Muscles   Involuntary muscles.  
🗑
Cardiac Muscle   Involuntary muscles that do not tire.  
🗑
Skin   Covers the body and prevents water loss, protects body from injury and infection, regulates body temperature, eliminates waste, gathers info about the environment, and produces vitamin D.  
🗑
Epidermis   The outermost layer of skin.  
🗑
Melanin   Gives the skin color.  
🗑
Pores   An opening inthe skin.  
🗑
Follicles   Where hair grows from.  
🗑
Cancer   A desease when cells divide uncontrollably.  
🗑
Acne   A bacterial infection that can be difficult to control.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: kenneth.wood
Popular Science sets