Health Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the living material that makes up the cell?

Answer 1

Protoplasm.

Question 2

What surrounds and protects the parts of the cell?

Answer 2

Cell membrane.

Question 3

What are the tiny structures in the cytoplasm of the cell?

Answer 3

Organelles.

Question 4

What is the “control center” for all cell functions?

Answer 4

Nucleus.

Question 5

What contains molecules of DNA-the blueprints that contain the information necessary to build a new cell?

Answer 5

Chromatin.

Question 6

What attaches skeletal muscles to bones?

Answer 6

Tendons.

Question 7

What connects the gastrocnemius muscle to the heel?

Answer 7

Achilles Tendon.

Question 8

What is the special kind of muscle found in the heart/

Answer 8

Cardiac Muscle.

Question 9

What is another name for skeletal muscle?

Answer 9

Striated muscle.

Question 10

What are the waste products responsible for muscle fatigue and soreness?

Answer 10

Carbon Dioxide and Lactic Acid.

Question 11

What is a form of exercise involving muscles tensed against another set of muscles or against an immoveable object?

Answer 11

Isometrics.

Question 12

What is the constant,slight contraction of certain fibers in a muscle?

Answer 12

Muscle Tone.

Question 13

What are the three basic parts of the cell

Answer 13

Cell membrane, cytoplasm, and the nucleus

Question 14

A thick fluid inside the cell membrane

Answer 14

Cytoplasm

Question 15

Name the five parts of the body from smallest to largest

Answer 15

cells, tissues, organs, systems, and in whole compromise the body

Question 16

Without this you would not be able to move or stand

Answer 16

Muscular system

Question 17

Covers the bones of your skeleton

Answer 17

Skeletal muscles

Question 18

What is another name for skeletal muscles and they are named for their striped appearance

Answer 18

Striated muscles

Question 19

The common name of your gastrocnemius

Answer 19

Calf muscle

Question 20

The point of insertion is always pulled toward the what

Answer 20

Origin

Question 21

Muscles over which we have no conscious control

Answer 21

Involuntary

Question 22

Special term for heart muscle

Answer 22

Cardiac

Question 23

The process by which your body produces and uses energy

Answer 23

Metabolism

Question 24

What attaches the gastrocnemius to the ankle

Answer 24

Achilles tendon

Question 25

who was the Achilles tendon named after

Answer 25

a mythical Greek warrior

Question 26

your biceps is inserted in your forearm on the bone called the ________

Answer 26

radius

Question 27

what muscles can we move

Answer 27

voluntary muscles

Question 28

what does your brain send messages through telling muscle when to contract

Answer 28

motor nerves

Question 29

your __________ directs the process of thinking and thinks about every move necessary to preform a new skill

Answer 29

cerebrum

Question 30

your _____________ located at the back of your brain coordinates your skeletal muscles so that you can preform with skill and grace

Answer 30

cerebellum

Question 31

what is another name for your involuntary muscles

Answer 31

smooth muscles

Question 32

what two waste products form in the muscles

Answer 32

lactic acid and carbon dioxide

Question 33

what is glucose

Answer 33

sugar

Question 34

what is the constant slight contraction in your muscles called

Answer 34

muscle tone

Question 35

a exercise in which one set of muscles is tensed for several seconds in opposition to another set of muscles or to an immovable object

Answer 35

isometrics

Question 36

___________ are synthetic growth hormones

Answer 36

steroids

Question 37

what system do steroids take over

Answer 37

endocrine system

Question 38

what does the endocrine system do

Answer 38

help regulate growth, the reproductive process.

Question 39

what is the name of the process by which your body produces and uses energy from food

Answer 39

metabolism

Question 40

what does adverse mean

Answer 40

negative

Question 41

The living material of all cells is

Answer 41

protoplasm

Question 42

The control center of the cell

Answer 42

nucleus

Question 43

Skeletal muscles are called ______ muscles because of their striped appearance

Answer 43

striated

Question 44

Skeletal muscles are joined to bones by ____

Answer 44

tendons

Question 45

The common name of your gastrocnemius is _____

Answer 45

calf muscle

Question 46

The point of insertion of a muscle is always pulled toward the _____

Answer 46

origin

Question 47

What prefix means having to do with muscle

Answer 47

Myo

Question 48

What prefixes refer to the arm

Answer 48

Brachi and brachio

Question 49

What prefixes mean in, inside, or within

Answer 49

En and endo