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#1 Questions#1 Answers#2 Questions#2 Answers
How much of your body mass is muscle? 40 percent
How many muscles are there in all? 600
How many muscles are there in your face? 30
Which is the largest muscle? Gluteus maximus
What are the three types of muscle tissue? Smooth, cardiac, skeletal
Where is smooth muscle found? Digestive tract
What are the two types of fibers in muscle? Myosin, actin
Myosin has what kind of filaments? Thick
What happens when muscles contract? Actin filaments slide over the myosin filaments
What connects muscles to bones? Tendons
(blank) (blank) What is cancer? The breakdown of control of cell growth
(blank) (blank) What is a tumor? A mass of growing tissue
(blank) (blank) What is a benign tumor? A non-cancerous growth that does not spread to other areas of the body
(blank) (blank) What is a malignant tumor? A tumor that grows AND spreads
(blank) (blank) What is metatasis? The spread of tumors beyond the original site
(blank) (blank) What are four ways cancer can be treated? Chemotheraphy, radiation, bone marrow transplants, surgery
(blank) (blank) What is the basic unit of the nervous system? Neurons
(blank) (blank) What to dendrites do? Carry impulses
(blank) (blank) What is an axon? A long fiber in a neuron
(blank) (blank) What is a myelin sheath? An insulating membrane in a neuron
(blank) (blank) What is cancer? The breakdown of control of cell growth
What are axon terminals? Swellings at the end of axons (blank) (blank)
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