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Human Body 1

2nd to last test before the regents

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Cartilage Is a pillow in the middle of the bones.
Ligament Joins together one bone to another bone.
Tendon Matter in the body that adjoins your muscles to your bones.
Tendonitis The expansion of your muscles to your bones.
Arthritis When the pillow in the middle of the bones is fatigued.
Osteoporosis When your bones are fragile due to tissue loss.
Joint When two specific bones encounter each other.
Periosteum Tissue that protects bone and nerve receptors and red liquid (blood) fluid.
Compact Bone Crowded bone cells that keep in the calcium.
Spongy Bone Not firm bone cells in the body.
Bone Marrow Produces the body's blood.
Smooth Muscle Helps break down and store food.
Cardiac Muscle Surrounds the heart with tissue and sends blood to all of the body.
Skeletal Muscle The part of what humans use to move their bones in the body.
Actin & Myosin Reduces in size and helps the body move.
Epidermis The peak layer of alive and gone cells.
Dermis The central part that has the nerves, gland, and blood vessels.
Subcutaneous Layer (Hypodermis) The base part of the skin.
Keratin Adjoins power, flexibility, and is able to have water touch it.
Melanin Coloring that shields the opposed UV light.
Sebaceous Gland The oil that helps remove old skin cells, keeps the skin lubricated, and prevents drying of tissues.
Neuron A different title for nerve cells. They move messages in and out of the brain.
Sensory Neuron Bring words from your feelings in the direction of your brain.
Interneuron Are parts that can be seen in the middle part of the nervous system.
Motor Neuron Transports a piece of words to your brain, muscles, or glands.
Impulse How nerve cells talk to each other.
Cell Body Smallest part with primary function of living.
Dendrites Collects electrical communications.
Axon Moves the nerve cells. (Impulse)
Myelin Safety shield that aids Impulses that move quickly.
Axon Terminal The border part of the axon.
Synapse Room in the middle of the neurons.
Neurotransmitter Chemical communication barriers that bring impulses across the synapse.
Central Nervous System When we transfer sensory details to then your machine pulses proceed away and helps with the harmony of its system.
Brain A cloud of tissue that is near the front end of an organism.
Spinal Cord Receives information and goes on with reflexes.
Meninges Three parts that keep the brain and spinal cord safe of harm.
Meningitis Redness that shields membranes casing the spinal cord and brain.
Cerebrum Has the authority of done acts. (Thinking, Memory, Speech)
Cerebellum Has the authority of stability and the organization of the parts of the body.
Brainstem (Pons & Medulla) Has the authority that maintains acts. (HR, Breathing, Swallowing, BP)
Thalamus Collects information that is from the spinal cord to a certain round, flat part of the cerebrum.
Hypothalamus Regulates the pituitary gland. (Hungriness, thirstiness, and how hot is it for you)
Pituitary Gland “Master glands” Produces many hormones.
Pineal Gland Controls your snooze, produces the hormone melatonin.
Peripheral Nervous System Is the relationship in the middle of this system with the other parts of the body.
Autonomic Nervous System Controls automatic functions of procedures. (Heart rate, BP, Breathing, Swallowing)
Somatic Division Inward nerves that are in charge of a broadcasting machine and sensory detail to and from the middle of the nervous system. These nerves are in charge of optional muscle motions.
Sympathetic Division Functions make circumcised adjustments.
Parasympathetic Division A split of the vertebrate which in the functions results in resistance to the sympathetic nervous system.
Created by: jschwartzman
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