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Ch. 13
Bones & Muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the levels of organization in the human body? | cells, tissues, organs, organ systems |
| What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things? | cells |
| What are the 4 basic types of tissues found in the human body? | muscle, nervous, connective and epithelial tissues |
| What is the function of muscle tissue? | movement |
| What is the function of nervous tissue? | carries electrical messages |
| What is the function of connective tissue? | provides support for your body and conncects all of its parts |
| What is the function of epitheal tissue? | covers the surface of the body inside and out, as well as, proctect and absrob |
| What are examples of connective tissues? | bones, fat, ligaments, tendons, blood |
| What is an organ system? | a group of organs that work together to perform a major function |
| What is digestion? | the breakdown of food into small molecules the body can use |
| Homeostasis | the process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment |
| Stress | the reaction of your body to potenially threatening, challenging, or disturbing events |
| Joints | the place where two bones meet. joints allow bones to move in different ways |
| What are the three kinds of joints? | immovable, movable, and partly movable |
| What are the 4 types of movable joints? | hinge, ball-and-socket, pivot, sliding (gliding) |
| Ligaments | strong connective tissue that holds bones together in movable joints |
| Tendon | strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
| Where in the body are hinge joints found? | elbows and knees |
| Where in the body are ball-and socket joints? | hips and shoulders |
| Where in the body are pivot joints? | your neck |
| Where in the body are sliding (gliding) joints? | wrists and ankels |
| Cartilage | a connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and protects the ends of bones |
| Compact bone | hard and dense, but not solid |
| Osteoporosis | a condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily |
| What are the 3 types of muscle tissue? | skeletal, smooth, and cardiac |
| Describe how muscles work in pairs | while one muscle contracts, the other muscle in the pair relaxes/returns to its orignial length |
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