Test 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is the name of the second cervical vertebrae?
Axis
Glial cell that make up the myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system are called what?
Schwann cells
Which connective tissue layer surrounds each muscle fascicle?
Perimysium
Which portion of the vertebrate brain is associated with coordination and balance?
Cerebellum
How many binding sites does myosin have?
2
What is the anatomical name for the portion of the vertebrae that is visible along the top line of a thin animal?
Spinous process
There are two methods in which nerve impulses are transferred between neurons or effectors organs. They are
Chemical
Electrical
Which portion of the sarcomere serves as the attachment site for the thin filament?
Z line
What is the term used to describe the formation of blood and its cellular components?
Hematopoiesis
Which cortex love is responsible for higher mental functions including some long term memory, vocal ability and reasoning?
Frontal
Which muscle type has a greater number of actin when compared to the other types?
Smooth
Which bone cell type binds to the outside of a ruffled boarder and produces a resorption pit?
Osteoclasts
The brain stem is composed of what three items?
Pons
Midbrain
Medulla
Which myofibril protein allows each sarcomere the elasticity to return from stretched to resting?
Titin
Which is not a type of synovial joint?
Fibrous
Name the 2 forms of bone ossification
Intramembranous
Endocondrul
Bissgest difference between intramembrenous and endocondrul
Cartilage
What are the 3 different types of joints?
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
