CHATGPT Unit 11-16

Question 1

What are the main functions of the integumentary system?

Answer 1

Protection, regulation of body temperature, sensation, and vitamin D synthesis

Question 2

What are the layers of the skin?

Answer 2

Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis

Question 3

What is the function of sweat glands?

Answer 3

To help regulate body temperature through evaporation

Question 4

What is the role of melanin?

Answer 4

Protects against UV radiation by absorbing sunlight

Question 5

What are accessory structures of the skin?

Answer 5

Hair, nails, and glands

Question 6

What are the functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 6

Support, protection, movement, mineral storage, blood cell formation

Question 7

What are the types of bones?

Answer 7

Long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid

Question 8

What is bone remodeling?

Answer 8

The continuous process of bone resorption and formation

Question 9

What cells are involved in bone remodeling?

Answer 9

Osteoblasts (build bone), osteoclasts (break down bone)

Question 10

What is the epiphyseal plate?

Answer 10

Growth plate where bone lengthens in children

Question 11

What are the three types of joints?

Answer 11

Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints

Question 12

What are the parts of a synovial joint?

Answer 12

Articular cartilage, joint cavity, synovial fluid, ligaments, capsule

Question 13

What is the function of synovial fluid?

Answer 13

Lubricates the joint and reduces friction

Question 14

Give an example of a hinge joint.

Answer 14

Elbow or knee

Question 15

What type of movement does a ball-and-socket joint allow?

Answer 15

Flexion, extension, rotation, abduction, adduction

Question 16

What is biomechanics?

Answer 16

The study of the mechanical laws relating to movement or structure of living organisms

Question 17

What are the three types of levers in the human body?

Answer 17

First-class, second-class, and third-class

Question 18

Which class of lever is most common in the body?

Answer 18

Third-class lever

Question 19

Give an example of a third-class lever in the body.

Answer 19

Flexion of the forearm at the elbow using the biceps

Question 20

What is torque?

Answer 20

A measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate around an axis

Question 21

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Answer 21

Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

Question 22

What is the origin of a muscle?

Answer 22

The fixed attachment point

Question 23

What is the insertion of a muscle?

Answer 23

The movable attachment point

Question 24

Name a major muscle involved in elbow flexion.

Answer 24

Biceps brachii

Question 25

What is a synergist muscle?

Answer 25

A muscle that assists the prime mover

Question 26

What is the sliding filament theory?

Answer 26

The explanation of how muscle fibers contract by actin sliding over myosin

Question 27

What is a sarcomere?

Answer 27

The functional unit of a muscle fiber

Question 28

What role does calcium play in muscle contraction?

Answer 28

Binds to troponin, allowing actin and myosin to interact

Question 29

What is ATP used for in muscle contraction?

Answer 29

Provides energy for cross-bridge cycling and muscle relaxation

Question 30

What causes muscle fatigue?

Answer 30

Accumulation of lactic acid, depletion of ATP, or ion imbalances