Body Systems Vocab

Question 1

Voluntary

Answer 1

muscle action that is under your control

Question 2

Involuntary

Answer 2

muscle action that is not under your control

Question 3

Aerobic exercise

Answer 3

steady, moderately intense activity

Question 4

Tendonitis

Answer 4

inflammation of the tendons

Question 5

Homeotasis

Answer 5

the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment

Question 6

Ligaments

Answer 6

a short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint

Question 7

Fracture

Answer 7

to crack or break a bone

Question 8

Cartilage

Answer 8

a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue

Question 9

Joint

Answer 9

a place in which two or more bones meet

Question 10

Cardiovascular System

Answer 10

a collection of organs that transport blood throughout the body

Question 11

Artery

Answer 11

a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the body’s organs

Question 12

Capillary

Answer 12

a tiny blood vessel that allows an exchange between blood and cells in other tissue

Question 13

Vein

Answer 13

a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart

Question 14

Pulmonary Circulation

Answer 14

the flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart through the pulmonary arteries, capillaries, and veins

Question 15

Systemic Circulation

Answer 15

the flow of blood from the heart to all parts of the body and back to the heart

Question 16

Blood pressure

Answer 16

the amount of pressure it takes each heartbeat to pump blood through the arteries

Question 17

Stroke

Answer 17

when blood vessels in the brain become clogged or ruptures, resulting in no oxygen to the brain

Question 18

Atherosclerosis (high cholesterol)

Answer 18

when excess cholesterol builds up inside the blood vessels, causing them to become narrower and less elastic

Question 19

Heart attack

Answer 19

when heart muscle cells die and part of the heart becomes damaged