bio Flashcards
1
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kneecap
A
patella
2
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leg bones
A
femur, tibia, fibula
3
Q
dead skin and hair cells
A
keratin
4
Q
connects bone to bone
A
ligament
5
Q
secrete water, salts, and wastes
A
sweat glands
6
Q
skeletal muscle
A
striated muscle
7
Q
sac containing hair root
A
follicle
8
Q
shoulder blade
A
scapula
9
Q
stomach muscle
A
visceral muscle
10
Q
under both layers of skin
A
subcutaneous tissue
11
Q
visible part of hair
A
shaft
12
Q
bumps on the dermis
A
papillae
13
Q
hip joint
A
ball-and-socket joint
14
Q
a thick layer of keratin cells
A
callus
15
Q
collarbone
A
clavicle
16
Q
secrete oil
A
sebaceous glands
17
Q
cushions joints
A
articular cartilage
18
Q
thumb joint
A
saddle joint
19
Q
nose and ears
A
permanent cartilage
20
Q
arm bones
A
humerus, ulna, radius
21
Q
a water-filled wound
A
blister
22
Q
outer layer of skin
A
epidermis
23
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elbow joint
A
hinge joint
24
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skin and hair pigment
A
melanin
25
thicker layer of skin
dermis
26
attaches bone to muscles
tendon
27
heart
cardiac muscle
28
four functions of the skin
- protection
- regulation of body temperature
- providing skin, hair, and eye color
- a sensory organ
29
what is the most important function of the skin
protection
30
five functions bones provide
- physical support
- a surface to which muscles attach
- protection for internal organs
- storage for minerals
- manufacture of blood cells
31
what are the 2 divisions of the skeleton
axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton
32
people who have no pigment in there bodies
albinos
33
the rounded end of a bone
epiphysis
34
the shaft of a bone
diaphysis
35
membrane covering the diaphysis
periosteum
36
inside the periosteum is the
compact bone layer
37
2 parts of the compact layer
matrix and osteocytes
38
what do the haverson canals contain
blood vessels
39
all scientific names are
latin or greek
40
which bone marrow stores fat
yellow
41
which bone marrow produces blood cells
red
42
list four types of bones and give an example for each
long- femur
short- carpals
flat- clavicle
irregular- vertebrea
43
what are carpals
wrist bones
44
what are tarsals
ankle bones
45
what are phalanges
finger and toe bones
46
why is the foot able to support weight
because God designed it with 2 arches
47
what is the primary function of cartalige
to cushion bones
48
3 places where bones fuse together
sternum, skull, lower end of vertebral colomn
49
the point at which 2 or more bones come together
joint
50
3 connections between bones
no movement
slight movement
free movement
51
6 types of free-moving joints
saddle, wrist, hinge, pivot, ball-and-socket, gliding
52
a protein that allows ligaments to be stretched
elastin
53
a synovial-filled sac that helps cushion joints
bursa
54
3 parts of a striated muscle
origin, body, insertion
55
which muscle has more endurance than any other
cardiac
