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Anatomy-Caitlin
Anatomy SciOly
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Spongy Bone? | hard bone with little holes that is under compact bone |
| What is the Periosteum? | outer part of a long bone |
| What is the Epiphysis? | the end of a long bone |
| What is the Diaphysis? | the shaft of a long bone |
| What is the Medullary Cavity? | cavity in diaphysis of a bone that contains red and yellow marrow |
| What is the Compact Bone? | dense bone underneath the periosteum |
| What is the Red Marrow? | produces red/white blood cells and platelets |
| What is the Yellow Marrow? | fatty connective tissue |
| What is the Skeletal System? | supports and protects the body (bone) |
| What is the Nutrient Artery? | supplies oxygen and nutrients to the shaft of the bone |
| What is the Integumetary System? | protects the body from pathogen invasion, water loss, and physical trauma(skin) |
| What is the Muscular System? | supports and enables the body to move muscles |
| What is the Nervous System? | detects information from the enviorment and controls body functions(brain, soinal chord, nerves, sense organs, receptors) |
| What are the Cardiovascular System? | transports nutrients and waste to and from all body tissue(heart, blood, blood vessels. |
| What are the Sensory Neurons? | bring messages to CNS |
| What are the Motor Neurons? | carry messages from CNS |
| What are the Interneurons? | between sensory & motor neurons in the CNS |
| What is the Dendrite? | receive stimulus and carries it impulses toward the cell body |
| What is the Cell Body With Nucleus? | nucleus & most of cytoplasm |
| What is the Axon? | fiber which carries impulses away from cell body |
| What is the Schwann Cells? | cells which produce myelin or fat layer |
| What is the Myelin sheath? | lipid layer around the axon |
| What is the Node of Ranvier? | gaps or nodes in the myelin sheath |
| How do Impulses travel? | impulses travel from dendrite to cell body to axon |
| What is the Excretory System? | the system that removes watse from your body and controls water balance ( kidneys, urters, bladder, uthera ) |
| What is the Respitory System? | takes in oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide (air passages, lungs) |
| What is the Digestive System | breaks down food and absorbs nutrients (mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small, and large intestines) |
| What is the Immune System | the cells, tissues, and organs that protect the body from disease (lymph nodes and vessels, white blood cells) |
| What is the Endocrine System | mantains homeostasis, regulate metabolism, growth, behavior, development, and reproductive (endocrine glands, hormones) |
| What is the Reproductive System | system of organs involved in producing offspring ( ovaries, uterus, mammary glands, testes) |
| What is the Muscle Tissue? | compsed of cells that can contract (skeletal, smooth, and cardiac) |
| What is the nervous Tissue? | contains neurons that receive and transmit messages as electrical charges |
| What is the Epithelial Tissue? | layers of cells that line or cover al internal and external body surfaces (ex. skin) |
| What is the Connective Tissue? | binds, support, and protect structures in the body (ex. bones, cartilage, tendons, fat, blood) |
| What is the Body Cavity? | compartments where organs and organ system are housed (cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic) |
| What is the Haversian Canal? | narrow channel within each cylinder of compact bone that contains blood vessels |
| What is the Ossification? | process in which cartilage turns into bone |
| What is the Synapse? | junction between neurons. neurons do not actually tough at the synapse. neurotransmitters used to restart impulse in dendrite of 2nd neuron |
| What are the Neurotransmitters? | chemicals in the junction which allow impulses to be started in the second neuron |
| What is in the Brain Stem? | medulla, pons, midbrain |
| What is in the Diencephalon? | thalamus & hypothalamus |
| What is in the Spine? | spinal cord |
| What are the Lobes of the Cerebrum? | frontal parietal temporal occipital |
| What are the Special Regions? | broca’s area wernicke’s area limbic System |
| What are the Chemical Receptors on our tongue? | sweet sour bitter salty msg |
| What are the Disorders of the Nervous System? | Epilepsy, Seizures, Alzheimer’s Disease Multiple Sclerosis Parkinson’s Disease, Shingles (herpes zoster), Cerebral palsy, Glaucoma, Pink eye (conjunctivitis) |
| What are the Effects of Drugs? | Alcohol Caffeine Nicotine Marijuana |
| What does th Liver do? | provides bile salts to the small intestine, which are critical for digestion and absorption of fats. |
| What are the Salivary Glands? | Secrete salivary amylase |
| What is the Gallbladder? | stores bile |
| What is the Pancreas? | Secretes pancreatic amylase and other provides digestive enzymes to the small intestine which are critical for digestion of fats, carbohydrates and protein. |
| What is the Esophagus? | a simple tube between the mouth and stomach. Peristalsis aides in swallowing |
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