Muscular Skeletal System

Question 1

The collective components and structures that work together to move the body: muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.

Answer 1

Human movement system (HMS)

Question 2

concept that describes the human body as a chain of interdependent links that work together to perform movement.

Answer 2

Kinetic chain

Question 3

Nervous system

Answer 3

network of specialized cells called neurons that transmit and coordinate signals, providing a communication network within the human body.

Question 4

Cellular structure or organelle that contains the majority of the cell’s genetic material in the form of chromosomes.

Answer 4

Nucleus

Question 5

Tiny cellular structures that perform specific functions within a cell. Examples include nuclei, mitochondria, lysosomes, ribosomes, and the endoplasmic reticulum.

Answer 5

Organelles

Question 6

The parts of the cell that use nutrients to create energy for the cell; commonly known as the powerhouses of the cell.

Answer 6

Mitochondria

Question 7

part of the body, such as a muscle or organ, that receives a signal from a neuron to produce a physiological response.

Answer 7

Effector sites

Question 8

Minerals that have an electrical charge to help transmit nerve impulses throughout the body, such as sodium, potassium, and magnesium.

Answer 8

Electrolytes

Question 9

A division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord

Answer 9

Central nervous system (CNS)

Question 10

Nerves that connect the rest of the body to the central nervous system.

Answer 10

Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Question 11

Sensory pathway that relays information to the central nervous system.

Answer 11

Afferent pathway

Question 12

Efferent pathway

Answer 12

motor pathway that relays information from the central nervous system to the rest of the body.

Question 13

Neurons located within the spinal cord and brain that transmit impulses between afferent and efferent neurons.

Answer 13

Interneurons

Question 14

Specialized structures that respond to mechanical forces (touch and pressure) within tissues and then transmit signals through sensory nerves.

Answer 14

Mechanoreceptors

Question 15

Nerves that serve the outer areas of the body and skeletal muscle and are largely responsible for the voluntary control of movement.

Answer 15

Somatic nervous system

Question 16

A division of the peripheral nervous system that supplies neural input to organs that run the involuntary processes of the body (e.g., circulating blood, digesting food, producing hormones).

Answer 16

Autonomic nervous system