skeletal system Crossword Puzzles
Human Body 2020-09-22
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- Defends against dangerous pathogens
- Removes waste and helps maintain electrolyte and water balance.
- Controls growth,development,and energy processes
- Breaks down food
- Transports nutrients,oxygen,carbon dioxide, and hormones throughout the body
- Differs in male and females and works together for the purpose of reproduction
- Protects and supports organs, provides a framework for movement, and produces blood cells
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- Transports lymph throughout the body
- Forms a covering for the body which helps regulate temperature and contains some of the structure necessary for sensation
- Transmits impulses,responds to change,and exercises control over all parts of the body
- Allows gas exchange between the body and the environment
- Helps produce movement,circulate blood,and move food through the digestive system
12 Clues: Breaks down food • Defends against dangerous pathogens • Transports lymph throughout the body • Controls growth,development,and energy processes • Allows gas exchange between the body and the environment • Removes waste and helps maintain electrolyte and water balance. • Transports nutrients,oxygen,carbon dioxide, and hormones throughout the body • ...
Biology Topic Crossword 2022-11-20
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- Smaller tubes which connect the bronchi and the alveoli
- During inhalation air pressure ________
- Two tubes which split from the trachea
- To use oxygen
- A sheet of internal skeletal muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
- Small air sacs found in the lungs, sit of gas exchange
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- During exhalation air pressure ________
- The external intercostal muscles do this during inhalation.
- This is in the air we breathe and it is very important for our body system.
- The process of releasing energy from food as part of a chemical reaction. Happens inside the cells of all living things.
- The process of taking air and expelling it from the lungs.
- _____muscles-the muscles situated in the ribs that create and move the chest wall.
12 Clues: To use oxygen • Two tubes which split from the trachea • During exhalation air pressure ________ • During inhalation air pressure ________ • Small air sacs found in the lungs, sit of gas exchange • Smaller tubes which connect the bronchi and the alveoli • The process of taking air and expelling it from the lungs. • ...
AP psychology 2021-10-27
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- a brief resting pause after a neuron has fired; subsequent action potentials cannot occur until the axon returned to its resting state
- a neurotransmitter that enables muscle action, learning, and memory
- the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of a peripheral and central nervous systems
- the part of a neuron that contains the neucleus; the cell's life support center
- a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process for storage explicit memories of facts and events
- a neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several maintenance activities, helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland, linked to reward and emotion
- a fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed as neural impulses hop from one node to the next
- the endocrine system's most influential gland. under the influence of the hypothalamus, the pituitary regulates the growth ad controls other endocrine glands
- the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
- (afferent) neurons that carry incoming information from the body's tissues and sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
- a pair of endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys and secrete hormones(epinephrine) that help arouse the body in times of stress
- a series of x-ray photographs taken from different angles and combined by computer into a composite representation of a slice of the brains structure
- a molecule that inhibits or blocks a neurotransmitters action
- cell in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons; they also play a role in learning, thinking, and memory
- a neural impulse; brief electrical charge that travels down the axon
- the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles(also called the skeletal nervous system)
- the brain and spinal cord
- neurons within the brain and spinal cord; they communicate internally and process information between the sensory inputs and motor outputs
- a molecule that increases a nueroransmitters action
- a level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
- two lima-bean-sized neural clusters in the lymbic system; linked to emotion
- the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; responsible for automatic survival functions
- the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
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- a sample, autonomic response to a sensory stimulis, such as the knee-jerk response
- a neural impulse; brief electrical charge that travels down the axon
- the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy
- the body's "slow" chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
- the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input, coordinating movement output and balance, and enabling nonverbal learning and memory
- chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between the neurons
- a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system
- bundled axons that form neural cables connecting the central nervous system with the muscles, glands, and sense organs
- the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing the energy
- a neurotransmitter that influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
- (efferent) neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and the spinal cord to the muscles and glands
- "morphine within"- natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure
- a neurotransmitters reabsorption by the sending neuron
- an amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity sweeping across the brains surface, measured by placing electrodes on the scalp
- a visual display of the brains activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task
- the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing
- a neurotransmitter that affects mood, hunger, sleep, and emotion
- a nerve network that travels through the brainstem into the thalamus and plays an important role in controlling arousal
- technique for revealing bloodflow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive mri scans. shows brain function as well as structure
- neural system located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives(includes amygdala, hypothalamus, and hippocampus)
- chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other tissues
- the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
- a brain imaging technique that measures magnetic fields from the brains natural electrical activity
- branching extensions that receive and integrate messages, conducting impulses towards the cell body
- a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue, shows brain anatomy
- the brains sensory control center, located on the top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla
- the neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands
50 Clues: the brain and spinal cord • a molecule that increases a nueroransmitters action • a neurotransmitters reabsorption by the sending neuron • the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing • a level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse • a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system • ...
AP Psych Modules 9-11 2021-10-27
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- oldest part of the brain responsible for basic human functions, what keeps us alive
- subdivision of autonomic nervous system that arouses the body
- electrochemical communication network of the body
- fatty tissue encasing the axon
- the part of the nervous system that connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body
- a kind of mri that involves a sequence of mris taken in quick succession allowing brain activity to be viewed
- nueral clusters in the limbic system linked to emtion
- response in which nueron either fires completely or doesn't at all
- nuerons within the cns that act as middlemen between motor and sensory nuerons
- short period of time after a nueron has fired, action potential cannot occur again until the nueron has returned to its resting state
- brief electrical charge that travels down the axon, a nueral impulse
- branch-like message recievers of a nueron
- a nerve cell
- the chemical messengers of the endocrine system
- nuerons that carry outgoing info from the cns to the pns
- nuerons that carry sensory information into the cns
- molecule that blocks a nuerotransmitter's action
- nueral structure below the thalamus, helps maintain homeostasis, helps govern the endocrine system, and is linked to emotion and reward
- brain observing method involving the measurement of electrical activity on the brains surface
- brain observation that relys on the observation of radioactive glucose within the brain
- part of nueron that passes messages through the terminal branches
- brain observation method that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to create images of soft tissue
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- brain observation method that uses a series of x rays to take cross sectional images of the brain
- nueral center in the limbic system that helps proccess and store explicit memories of facts and events
- part of the brain at the back of the brainstem, processes sensory info, coordinates movement and balance, enables non-verbal learning
- molecule that increases a nuerotransmitter's action
- gland in the endocrine system that
- part of brain at the base of the brainstem, controls breathing and heartbeat
- tissue damage
- the most influential, controls other endocrine glands
- chemical messengers that pass through the synaptic gap between nuerons
- communication system of the body that is slower than the nervous system, uses chemicals as messengers
- part of brainstem that is involved in arousal
- part of brain refered to as the sensory control center
- part of pns that controls internal glands and organs
- part of cell that contains the nucleus
- brain obersvation method that measures magnetic fields from natural brain activity
- pair of glands in the endocrine system that secrete arousing hormones
- subdivision of autonomic nervous system that calms the body
- level of stimulation needed to trigger a nueral impulse
- space between a terminal branch of one nueron and a dendrite of another
- abbreviation for part of the nervous system including the brain and spinal cord
- nueral system associated with emotions and drives
- part of pns that controls skeletal muscles
- self created morphine,nurotransmitter linked to pain control
45 Clues: a nerve cell • tissue damage • fatty tissue encasing the axon • gland in the endocrine system that • part of cell that contains the nucleus • branch-like message recievers of a nueron • part of pns that controls skeletal muscles • part of brainstem that is involved in arousal • the chemical messengers of the endocrine system • molecule that blocks a nuerotransmitter's action • ...
FS Skeletal Features 2021-01-28
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- large shin bone
- a bone expert
- the longest and strongest
- you have twenty of these
- funny bone
- another name for cranium
- small bone in lower leg
- wrist bones
- attached to the tailbone
- lower jaw
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- ears and tip of nose are made of this
- brain protector
- protects the heart
- here you will find the ilium and ischium
- a 'crack' in the cranium
- collar bone
- a single bone in the back
- knee cap
- find the tarsals here
- shoulder blade
- small arm bone on pinkie side
- upper jaw
- males and females have equal amounts; Adam & Eve too
23 Clues: knee cap • upper jaw • lower jaw • funny bone • collar bone • wrist bones • a bone expert • shoulder blade • brain protector • large shin bone • protects the heart • find the tarsals here • small bone in lower leg • a 'crack' in the cranium • you have twenty of these • another name for cranium • attached to the tailbone • the longest and strongest • a single bone in the back • ...
Posterior Skeletal Muscles 2021-12-08
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- muscle of the rotator cuff that sits just inferior to the infraspinatus
- a large hamstring muscle that is more lateral and runs the length of the femur
- the large tendon that connects the calcaneus to the gastrocnemius
- a posterior exstensor of the fingers located in the lower forearm
- the dual headed large muscle in the posterior calf area which connects the achilles tendon to the calcaneous
- this muscle sits inferior to the teres minor and is NOT part of the rotator cuff
- the hamstring muscle medial to the biceps femoris
- a posterior extensor that extends the wrist
- a large bilateral muscle of the rump
- muscle that works opposite the biceps brachii
- the large bilateral circular muscles that sit in the occipital region of the skull
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- the largest and most medial adductor muscle located on the posterior of the body
- large star shaped muscle that connects the neck, shoulders, and spine
- this is a large sheath of connective tissue that connects the tensor fasciae latae to the lateral head of the tibia
- a muscle of the calf that sits deep to the gastrocnemius
- large muscle of the rotator cuff that sits in the posterior scapula
- the most medial hamstring muscle
- the gluteal muscle smaller that the gluteus maximus but larger than the gluteus minimus
- large muscle inferior to the trapezius with bilateral wings
- muscle located on the distal end of the shoulder
20 Clues: the most medial hamstring muscle • a large bilateral muscle of the rump • a posterior extensor that extends the wrist • muscle that works opposite the biceps brachii • muscle located on the distal end of the shoulder • the hamstring muscle medial to the biceps femoris • a muscle of the calf that sits deep to the gastrocnemius • ...
Integumentary - Skeletal - Joints 2022-09-29
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- and socket, your shoulder is what type of joint
- joint with no movement
- outer layer of dermis and directly beneath the epidermis
- joint at the base of the thumb
- is the protective barrier and covers the body
- protein that accumulates in cells of nails, hair and the superficial layer of the dermis
- the patella is what type of bone
- bones of the hand
- bottom layer of your skin
- spongy tissue at the ends of bones
- protect distal end of fingers and toes
- strongest layer of skin
- shaft, portion of hair above the surface of the epidermis
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- gland, secretes sebum into hair follicle
- forearm bone located on pinky side
- the smallest bone in the body
- growth of the bone occurs at what plate
- the longest bone in your body
- forearm bone located on thumb side
- joint that allows bone to slide over another
- superficial layer of skin
- gland, secretes sweat
- cavity, hollow space filled with synovial fluid between the bones
- joint that forms to allow movement around a central point
- jaw bone
- corneum, most superficial stratum of the epidermis
- bone in center of chest that hood your ribs together
- freely moveable joints
- you knee and elbow are what type of joint
- bones of the wrist
- fluid filled sac that allows joints to move over each other
31 Clues: jaw bone • bones of the hand • bones of the wrist • gland, secretes sweat • joint with no movement • freely moveable joints • strongest layer of skin • superficial layer of skin • bottom layer of your skin • the smallest bone in the body • the longest bone in your body • joint at the base of the thumb • the patella is what type of bone • forearm bone located on pinky side • ...
Skeletal Vocab 2 2023-11-08
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- Softening of muscle tissue
- Pertaining to both nerves and muscles
- Muscular motion or activity
- Muscle having three heads with a single insertion
- Pain in the muscle
- General term used to describe conditions characterized by inflammation, soreness, and stiffness of muscles and pain in joints
- Weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle
- Condition characterized by cramps, convulsions, twitching of the muscles, and sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints
- Muscle that raises or elevates a part
- Inflammation of muscle tissue, especially skeletal muscles; may be caused by infection, trauma, or parasitic infestation
- Process of being twisted
- Muscle arising from the sternum and clavicle with its insertion in the mastoid process; flexes the neck and helps with movement of the head
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- Muscle that has four heads or points of origin
- Lacking muscle tone; weak, soft, flabby
- Band of fibrous connective tissue serving for the attachment of muscles to bones
- Stiffness of skeletal muscles seen in death; develops between the 4th and 24th hour after death, then ceases
- Pertaining to tone, especially muscular tension
- Pertaining to having the same tone or tension
- Refers to a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles that control movement.
- Condition of increased muscular tone causing stiff and awkward movements
- Treatment using scientific application of water; types: hot tub, cold bath, whirlpool, and vapor bath
- Artificial device used to replace an organ or body part, such as a hand, arm, leg, or hip.
- Abnormal condition of hardening of muscle
- Instrument used to record muscular contractions
- Pertaining to within a muscle, such as an IM injection
- Embryonic cell that develops into a cell of muscle fiber
- Literally means pertaining to having equal measure; increasing tension of muscle while maintaining equal length
27 Clues: Pain in the muscle • Process of being twisted • Softening of muscle tissue • Muscular motion or activity • Pertaining to both nerves and muscles • Muscle that raises or elevates a part • Lacking muscle tone; weak, soft, flabby • Weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle • Abnormal condition of hardening of muscle • Pertaining to having the same tone or tension • ...
Skeletal Unit Crossword 2023-09-26
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- an example of an irregular bone (hint: spine)
- slightly moveable joints
- extensions of osteocytes
- needed for collagen synthesis
- concentric rings of matrix (layered matrix)
- mature bone cell
- a bone forming process that originates as hyaline cartilage
- released by parathyroid during low calcium levels
- found in epiphysis
- spaces for osteocytes
- also known as the Haversian system
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- blood vessel is located here
- joints made out of dense connective tissue
- needed for proper calcium absorption
- released by thyroid during high calcium levels
- a bone forming process that originates as connective tissue
- found in diaphysis
- contains cells that are a receptor for high calcium levels
- contains fat storage - found in medullary cavity of long bones
- contains cells that are a receptor for low calcium level
- ossification center found in adolescence
21 Clues: mature bone cell • found in diaphysis • found in epiphysis • spaces for osteocytes • slightly moveable joints • extensions of osteocytes • blood vessel is located here • needed for collagen synthesis • also known as the Haversian system • needed for proper calcium absorption • ossification center found in adolescence • joints made out of dense connective tissue • ...
Skeletal Crossword Puzzle 2020-10-20
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- a common fracture in the skull, forms a dent
- ribs that don't attach to anything
- bone destroying cells
- the bone breaks incompletely and is common in children
- bone type that is long with spongy ends
- subsection of the skeleton that includes the torso
- small bone type found in the wrist and ankles
- protects the heart and lungs
- vertebrae labeled as C1-C7
- the shaft of the bone
- contains yellow marrow in adults and red marrow in infants
- 3 bones fused together, an anchor point for the true ribs
- the bone type of the scapula
- a type of rib that connects to rib 7
- mature bone cells
- a twisting force breaks the bone
- one function of the skeletal system, starts with m
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- ribs 1-7, connect from spine to sternum
- bone type that does not fit in the other categories
- the bone is crushed
- the smoothest substance know to humans
- subsection of the skeleton that includes the limbs of the body
- the outside covering of the diaphysis
- the process of cartilage turning into bone
- bone-forming cells
- the ends of a bone, mostly spongy
- a type of fracture where the bone breaks into small pieces
- a fracture where two broken ends are forced into eachother
- vertebrae located at the bottom of the spinal cord, L1-L5
- the most superior bone of the sternum
- connects the ribs to the sternum
31 Clues: mature bone cells • bone-forming cells • the bone is crushed • bone destroying cells • the shaft of the bone • vertebrae labeled as C1-C7 • protects the heart and lungs • the bone type of the scapula • connects the ribs to the sternum • a twisting force breaks the bone • the ends of a bone, mostly spongy • ribs that don't attach to anything • a type of rib that connects to rib 7 • ...
SKELETAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2020-10-22
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- largest and strongest bone of the face
- cheekbones
- C1- C7
- skull, ribs, sternum, scapula
- Bone- destroying cells
- limbs and girdles
- breaks into three or more pieces
- L1- L5
- dense and appears homogenous
- “tailbone” 3-4 fused bones
- Protects the heart and lungs
- made of small needle-like pieces and bone space greater surface area than compact bone
- 12 pairs
- Shaft of bone; composed of compact bone
- Ends of the bone; mostly of spongy bone
- don’t connect to the sternum they connect to rib 7
- The wrist and the ankle
- completely crushed bone
- broken bone, penetrates the skin
- Manubrium,Body, Xiphoid process
- pressed inward, into each other
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- Covers the epiphysis and reduces friction at the joints (smoothest material of our body)
- T1- T12
- 5 fused bones
- They come out of spine like all of them but they aren’t attached to anything
- forms upper jaw
- Helps maintain balance and weight distribution
- Outside covering of the diaphysis
- Contains yellow marrow (Mostly fat) in adults. Contains red marrow (for blood cell formation) in infants
- Mature Bone cells
- finger sized
- bones in limbs, hand/ feet bones
- they connect to the spine to your sternum
- does not penetrate the skin
- form the longitudinal axis of the body
- butterfly shaped
- Bone- forming cells
- vertebrae and sacrum
38 Clues: C1- C7 • L1- L5 • T1- T12 • 12 pairs • cheekbones • finger sized • 5 fused bones • forms upper jaw • butterfly shaped • limbs and girdles • Mature Bone cells • Bone- forming cells • vertebrae and sacrum • Bone- destroying cells • The wrist and the ankle • completely crushed bone • “tailbone” 3-4 fused bones • does not penetrate the skin • dense and appears homogenous • Protects the heart and lungs • ...
Skeletal Crossword Puzzle 2020-10-22
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- bones of the spine
- bridge of bone that joins cheek bone
- broken bone ends are forced into each other
- blood cell formation
- broken bone is pressed inward
- when bone breaks from twisting
- encloses and protects fragile brain tissue
- thin,flattened, and usually curved
- has a spiky, open appearance like a sponge
- forms the sides and the roof of cranium
- process of bone formation
- forehead bone
- another word for the shaft
- bone breaks incompletely
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- single bone in the median line of nasalcav
- bone that doesn't form a joint
- bone near the ear
- ribs 1-7
- ribs 8-12
- when bone is crushed
- lower jaw
- bone-building cells
- cube shaped and contain mostly sponge
- ribs not directly connected to sternum
- most posterior bone of cranium
- dense, smooth and looks homogenous
- connects to the coccyx
- bones that don't fit in a category
- bone-breaking cells
- breastbone
30 Clues: ribs 1-7 • ribs 8-12 • lower jaw • breastbone • forehead bone • bone near the ear • bones of the spine • bone-building cells • bone-breaking cells • when bone is crushed • blood cell formation • connects to the coccyx • bone breaks incompletely • process of bone formation • another word for the shaft • broken bone is pressed inward • bone that doesn't form a joint • when bone breaks from twisting • ...
Intro/Skeletal Pathology 2023-02-05
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- 'Giant Cell Tumor", at metaphysics to epiphysis of long bones
- a type of metastatic spread that detaches from primary tumor & carried via blood stream
- disease caused by a medical procedure
- determination of the body or part
- form of osteomalacia in children, lack of calcium
- destruction of bone
- the organic substance of bone
- talipes equinovarus
- a type of sarcoma that causes bone thickening, 'onion appearance'
- formation of bone
- abnormally dense bone, 'marble bone'
- exostosis
- cotton-wool appearance
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- degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- type 2 of spinal bifida, spinal cord does not protrude here
- high levels of uric acid
- slow growth, distinct boarders, does not spread to other structures nearby
- 'bubble lesion', affect small bones of hands/feet
- develops in utero
- stress fracture of the pars interarticularis (neck of scotty dog)
- 'starburst appearance', occurs in the metaphysics of a long bone, near growth plates
- rapid growth, spreads to other structures & invades surrounding tissues
- reabsorption and breakdown of tissues
23 Clues: exostosis • develops in utero • formation of bone • destruction of bone • talipes equinovarus • cotton-wool appearance • high levels of uric acid • the organic substance of bone • degenerative joint disease (DJD) • determination of the body or part • abnormally dense bone, 'marble bone' • disease caused by a medical procedure • reabsorption and breakdown of tissues • ...
Skeletal Dysplasia Terminology 2024-11-05
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- anterior that affects the distal part of the limb
- absence of an extremity
- absence of the forearm, hand attached close to the trunk
- hand short hands with stubby fingers
- shortening of the femur and humerus
- condition when a person has more than five toes or five fingers on a hand or foot
- Ray Defect agenesis or hypoplasia of the radius causing club hand
- spine has a sideways curve, “S” or “C” shaped
- Skull anterior view of the skull shaped as a clover leaf
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- shortening of the tibia and fibula
- foot deformity of the foot causing a convex sole of the foot
- also known as a clover leaf skull
- absence of fetal skull causing loss of brain tissue
- condition where toes or fingers are united, webbed toes or webbed fingers
- condition when the foot is turned inward and downward. Also known as club foot
- abnormally shaped bones in hands or feet causing overlapping fingers or toes
- absent of central digits of hands or feet, split hand deformity
- condition when the upper back is curved, round back or hunchback
- shortening of the entire extremity
- flattening of the vertebral, decrease in vertebral body height
20 Clues: absence of an extremity • also known as a clover leaf skull • shortening of the tibia and fibula • shortening of the entire extremity • shortening of the femur and humerus • hand short hands with stubby fingers • spine has a sideways curve, “S” or “C” shaped • anterior that affects the distal part of the limb • absence of fetal skull causing loss of brain tissue • ...
Alishas Skeletal Puzzle 2025-11-14
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- Axial vertebrae in the lower back region characterized by their robust structure and lack of rib articulation.
- Appendicular flat bone located in the dorsal thoracic region forming part of the pectoral girdle.
- Axial cranial bone located lateral and inferior to the parietal bone houses auditory ossicles.
- Axial bone at the posterior and inferior part of the cranium articulates with the first cervical vertebra.
- Morphological classification for bones with a shaft and two ends femur and humerus.
- Bone type formed within tendons such as the patella typically encountered near joints.
- Appendicular bone connecting the sternum to the scapula commonly known as the collarbone.
- Anatomical term for a joint where two or more bones of the axial or appendicular skeleton meet.
- Appendicular long bone forming the proximal segment of the inferior limb articulates with the pelvis.
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- Hematopoietic tissue found within axial skeletal elements and the proximal epiphyses of long bones.
- Axial bone forming the superior aspect of the orbits and anterior cranial fossa.
- Appendicular bone forming the medial weight bearing aspect of the crural region.
- Bone class characterized by thin parallel surfaces prevalent in the axial skeleton.
- Appendicular bone situated distal to the tarsals and proximal to the phalanges in the pes region.
- Appendicular long bone of the brachial region articulates proximally with the scapula.
- Expanded end of a long bone typically involved in articulation and containing red marrow in adults.
- Axial vertebrae articulating with ribs located inferior to cervical and superior to lumbar vertebrae.
- Axial vertebrae comprising the most superior region of the vertebral column typically seven in number.
- Axial flat bone directly attached to the sternum via its own costal cartilage first seven pairs.
- Appendicular long bone connecting the carpal bones to the proximal phalanges in the manus region.
20 Clues: Axial bone forming the superior aspect of the orbits and anterior cranial fossa. • Appendicular bone forming the medial weight bearing aspect of the crural region. • Bone class characterized by thin parallel surfaces prevalent in the axial skeleton. • Morphological classification for bones with a shaft and two ends femur and humerus. • ...
The Muscular System 2021-05-21
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- What attaches muscle to muscle?
- What is a type of striated muscle tissue that is attached to bone and is under voluntary control?
- What is a human body system that includes muscles and tendons?
- What is a type nonstriated muscle tissue that is found in the walls of internal organs and is not under voluntary control?
- When straightening and extending of the joint to increase the angles between two bones or two body parts, is called?
- When bending a joint to decrease the angle between two bones or two body parts, is called?
- What type of tissue is found inside the heart, digestive organs, and blood vessels?
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- When muscles form the walls of the heart and contracts to circulate the blood and also is a involuntary muscle, is called?
- What does it mean when a muscle is able to return to its original resting shape and length after being extended or contracted?
- What is a organelle in muscles fibers that allows muscles to contract?
- What is it called when the muscular system is adaptable in that it can be changed in response to how it is used?
- What does it mean when a muscle can be stretched without damage by the application of a force?
- The muscles receive their ability to move the body through which system?
- What is a organ of the muscular system that is composed primarily of cells called muscle fibers, which has the ability to contract?
- What is a long, thin cell in muscle tissue that contains multiple nuclei, mitochondria, and organelles called myofibrils that allow the cell to contract?
- What is a tough connective tissue that holds a skeletal muscle to a bone?
16 Clues: What attaches muscle to muscle? • What is a human body system that includes muscles and tendons? • What is a organelle in muscles fibers that allows muscles to contract? • The muscles receive their ability to move the body through which system? • What is a tough connective tissue that holds a skeletal muscle to a bone? • ...
Musculo-skeletal Disorders 2016-08-22
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- Necrotic bone fragments
- Drainage of joints as a treatment or for diagnosis
- Arthritis can be subdivided into inflammatory, immune-mediated and...
- Rickets causes this unusual clinical sign in the limbs of affected patients
- These drugs have anti-inflammatory activity and aid cartilage/synovial membrane metabolism
- Common disorder of rabbits and guinea pigs
- This disease is also known as Moller-Barlows disease
- Another term for bone formation
- This disease is caused by a deficiency in Vitamin D
- Inflammation of a joint
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- These are produced in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus which attack cells
- Musculoskeletal disorder of birds
- Cancer of cartilage origin
- Causes softening/malformation of bones in chelonians
- Also known as degenerative joint disease
- One of the treatments for this disease is anti-fungal medication
- Aids detection of disease of muscle fibers and associated nerves
- This type of arthritis is erosive and produces antibodies called rheumatoid factor
- A clinical sign of this disease is a waddling/bunny hopping gait
- Inflammation of voluntary muscle
20 Clues: Necrotic bone fragments • Inflammation of a joint • Cancer of cartilage origin • Another term for bone formation • Inflammation of voluntary muscle • Musculoskeletal disorder of birds • Also known as degenerative joint disease • Common disorder of rabbits and guinea pigs • Drainage of joints as a treatment or for diagnosis • ...
skeletal crossword puzzle 2020-10-20
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- small vertical bone inside the nose
- fracture the break extends into the surface of a joint
- is the only bone that isn't attach to any other bone
- bone top of skull; there are two
- where your ears are
- a muscle or ligament pulls on the bone
- thin protect internal organs
- fracture the bone is shattered into many pieces
- a bone slightly fractures on one side but does not break
- fracture occurs in the spongy bone in the side
- bone roof of the mouth
- bone back of your head
- are in the bone matrix
- the break along the length of the bone
- flat bone located in the central part of chest
- protect organs
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- fracture a bone where at least one part of the bone has been twisted
- protect organs or attach to tendons
- bone tear ducts are located on
- located in arms and legs
- bone is broken down by
- main bone of the face
- jaw bone
- fracture one fragment of bone goes into another
- located in wrist and ankles
- facture a straight break across a bone
- associated with the sinus cavities
- cheek bone
- makes up forhead
- cells that build new bone
- fracture is diagonal
- fracture more common among athletes
32 Clues: jaw bone • cheek bone • protect organs • makes up forhead • where your ears are • fracture is diagonal • main bone of the face • bone is broken down by • bone roof of the mouth • bone back of your head • are in the bone matrix • located in arms and legs • cells that build new bone • located in wrist and ankles • thin protect internal organs • bone tear ducts are located on • ...
Skeletal Crossword Puzzle 2020-10-20
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- encloses the spinal cord
- come out of the spine and do not connect with any other bone
- no body
- small body
- broken bone ends are forced into each other
- Forms the longitudinal axis of the body.
- middle part of the sternum
- usually bones that protect organs
- hole in the bone
- excessive twisting forces are applied to the bone
- dense bone
- bones that are as wide as they are long
- bone forming cells
- bottom of the sternum
- protect the heart and lungs
- bones with open space
- upper part of the sternum
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- separated by cartilage
- spongy bones that have an outer layer of compact bone
- Limbs and girdles.
- ends of the bone
- mature bone cells
- a bone that is longer than it is wide
- broken bone portion is pressed inward
- bone is crushed
- connect to rib 7
- bone breaks incompletely
- connect from the spine to the sternum
- bone destroying cells
- shaft of the bone
- bone breaks into three or more fragments
31 Clues: no body • small body • dense bone • bone is crushed • ends of the bone • hole in the bone • connect to rib 7 • mature bone cells • shaft of the bone • Limbs and girdles. • bone forming cells • bone destroying cells • bottom of the sternum • bones with open space • separated by cartilage • encloses the spinal cord • bone breaks incompletely • upper part of the sternum • middle part of the sternum • ...
Skeletal Crossword Puzzle 2020-10-22
Across
- 2 side bones
- refers to the head and the spine
- inside the bone, small vertical bone
- thin, flat, usually curved, 2 thin layers
- dense and appears homogenous
- refers to limbs and girdles
- sinus cavities
- lower jaw bone
- a break in a cranial bone and a dent in the head
- only has 1 bone
- protects the heart and lungs
- broken bone penetrates the skin
- when a bone bends and cracks, instead of breaking completely into separate pieces.
- The bone is broken into more than two pieces.
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- underneath the skull or the roof of the mouth
- the bone under the eyes
- 2 bones on the bridge of the nose
- main bone of the face
- a break where the ends are driven into each other.
- lives within the neck area and is not attached to other bones
- irregular special type of short bone
- complete fractures of long bones that result from a rotational force applied to the bone
- top bones and only has 2 bones
- typically larger bones and are less wide
- type of fracture or break in your vertebrae
- does not penetrate the skin
- made of small needle like pieces and open space
- the back bones
- cube shaped and contains mostly spongy bone
29 Clues: 2 side bones • sinus cavities • lower jaw bone • the back bones • only has 1 bone • main bone of the face • the bone under the eyes • refers to limbs and girdles • does not penetrate the skin • dense and appears homogenous • protects the heart and lungs • top bones and only has 2 bones • broken bone penetrates the skin • refers to the head and the spine • 2 bones on the bridge of the nose • ...
skeletal crossword review 2018-11-19
Across
- thin layer of squamous cells which line the medullary cavity
- Joint, "freely moveable" joints that contain synovial cavity
- broken bone caused by stress, trauma or disease conditions.
- dense white fibrous (irregular arrangements) covering the surface of the bone.
- inward curvature of the lower back, often caused by obesity
- band or cord of regular dense fibrous tissue connecting bone to bone
- process by which bones form in the body.
- forms spongy bone.
- forms the upper jaw, supports upper teeth
- an immovable joint found only between the skull bones
- the expanded ends of the long bone
- cavity, space or hollow chamber within the diaphysis
- sac-like structure that reduces friction between soft tissue and bone
- disease caused by destruction of articular cartilage from the joints.
- an elevated (knob like) usually roughened area on a bone.
- pads of fibrocartilage found between the articular surfaces.
- vertebrae of the neck.
- aka dental-alveolar joint, periodontal ligament binds teeth into sockets
- U-shaped bone, supports and provides attachment for the tongue.
- an opening or hole through a bone, serves as a passageway for blood vessels and nerves
- A large rounded (knuckle like) prominence on a bone.
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- membrane-filled spaces between cranial bones, allowing rapid growth of the skull
- band or cord of regular dense fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone
- Process, the bony extensions from the temporal bone which are posterior to the ears
- outward curvature of the upper back, often caused by osteoporosis
- Bone, formed by densely packed osteons, providing strength for the bone
- various shaped bones which cannot fit any other bone shape grouping.
- loss of bone mass and bone density, more common in women.
- skeleton, contains the bones of the free appendages
- a light spongy bone located in the anterior part of the floor of the cranium between the orbits.
- forms sides of the skull and part of the eye orbit
- type of growth forming flat bones.
- comprised of five fused vertebrae.
- any projection from the surface of a bone, used in muscle attachment
- Cartilage, thin layer of hyaline cartilage covering the ends of long bones
- smaller shin bone
- Arthritis, autoimmune disease of the joints, causing inflammation, deformity, and immobility.
- a tube like passageway within a bone
- sheet of fibrous tissue used to connect bones (ex: b/w tibia and fibula)
- tear of the ligaments
- a very large, blunt process only found on the femur
- Marrow, blood cell forming tissue located within the spaces of spongy bone.
- small rounded process used for muscle attachment
- form the greater portion of the sides and roof of the cranial cavity
44 Clues: smaller shin bone • forms spongy bone. • tear of the ligaments • vertebrae of the neck. • type of growth forming flat bones. • comprised of five fused vertebrae. • the expanded ends of the long bone • a tube like passageway within a bone • process by which bones form in the body. • forms the upper jaw, supports upper teeth • small rounded process used for muscle attachment • ...
Skeletal Crossword II 2021-11-27
Across
- the center of the diaphysis which contains marrow
- Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone
- the type of canal that runs perpendicular to Haversian canals, also known as perforating
- found between the bones of a fetal skull
- type of growth where new matrix is added on the outside of the tissue
- bone growth that occurs at the epiphyseal plate and uses a cartilage template
- membrane covering the surface of bones
- connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
- cartilage found where bones articulate
- interconnecting rods(scaffolding) filled with red marrow
- the type of ossification where cells develop between thin sheets of connective tissue
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- bone organized into thin sheets
- made up of collagen and calcium, the 'cement' of bone matrix
- the process of bone formation
- cracks protruding from lacunae, provide means of nutrients to get to the osteocyte
- type of fibers that penetrate through the periosteum and into the bone and Strengthen attachment of tendon to bone
- mass of tissue that forms at a fracture site and connects the broken ends of the bone
- this sheets of matrix that lie concentric around a Haversian canal
- the type of bone that contains trabeculae
- basic unit in compact bone, also known as Haversian systems
20 Clues: the process of bone formation • bone organized into thin sheets • membrane covering the surface of bones • cartilage found where bones articulate • found between the bones of a fetal skull • the type of bone that contains trabeculae • connective tissue that attaches bone to bone • Connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone • ...
A&P - Skeletal 2024-09-22
Across
- Bones like vertebrae, sphenoid, and sacrum are this shape of bone
- Concentric rings of calcified bone matrix
- Cartilage that lines the ends of bones, providing cushion
- Bone likes carpals and tarsals are this shape of bone
- Synovial joints allowing a wide degree of movement
- Bones like humerus, femur, radius, etc. are this shape of bone
- Fibrous joints allowing little to no movement
- Bone cells that break down calcium salts
- Fibrous membrane covering bone
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- Spongy layer of bone between two compact layers in flat bones
- The ends of a lone bone
- Cartilaginous joints allowing some movement
- The small passageways of an osteon running between rings of bone
- The part of an osteon that has a blood vessel running through it
- Spaces in an osteon where osteocytes live
- The body of long bone
- Membrane lining medullary cavity of a bone
- The bones that cover your brain are this bone shape
- Bone cells that lay down calcium salts
- Your patella is this round bone shape
20 Clues: The body of long bone • The ends of a lone bone • Fibrous membrane covering bone • Your patella is this round bone shape • Bone cells that lay down calcium salts • Bone cells that break down calcium salts • Concentric rings of calcified bone matrix • Spaces in an osteon where osteocytes live • Membrane lining medullary cavity of a bone • ...
Skeletal and muscular 2023-12-06
Across
- bone Located inside compact bones at widened ends of long bones, has spaces in matrix so it looks like a sponge, still rigid, adaptation- to make bones lighter in weight bone
- provide attachment for the body- attach to bones voluntary
- surrounds each eye- close eyelids
- contract automatically (stomach, heart, etc.)
- A long bone in your arm
- Helps bones extend
- Attaches to bones to provide movement
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- A bone in the phalangeyspatella
- inside compact bones at widened ends of long bones, has spaces in matrix so it looks like a sponge, still rigid, adaptation- to make bones lighter in weight
- side of neck turns and flexes neck
- Bones in your fingers
- upper back and neck extends head, move shoulder
- joint Joint between bones (as at the elbow or knee) that permits motion in only one plane
- A support in your chest
- Shoulder blade
- Allows muscle to return to its shape
- oris surrounds the mouth- closes lips; puckers lips
- muscles you contract when you want to move (skeletal)
- tone the state of partial contraction
- muscle - forms the wall of the heart and contracts to circulate blood involuntary
- connect muscles to bone
- shrinkes in size and lose strength
22 Clues: Shoulder blade • Helps bones extend • Bones in your fingers • A support in your chest • A long bone in your arm • connect muscles to bone • A bone in the phalangeyspatella • surrounds each eye- close eyelids • side of neck turns and flexes neck • shrinkes in size and lose strength • Allows muscle to return to its shape • tone the state of partial contraction • ...
Skeletal Muscle Things 2024-10-06
Across
- _____ make up a myofibril
- The myosin head pivots and bends as it pulls on the actin filament, sliding it towards the M _____
- As ATP is ______ into ADP and Pi, the myosin head is energized (cocked into high energy conformation)
- Skeletal muscle has an optimal _____ length where is can generate maximum force
- The cross bride detaches when a new _____ (abbreviation) binds to the myosin head
- In recruitment of motor units as force requirements increase, ____-twitch, fatigue-resistant fibers are recruited first
- An action potential travels along a motor nerve to its endings on muscle fibers, where _____ is secreted
- At rest,_____ blocks the active site on actin, preventing the myosin from binding
- Type IIb muscle fibers are _____ glycolytic, very fatiguable
- A muscle cell is also known as a muscle ____
- High-frequency and prolonged stimulation of a muscle can lead to _____
- Each sarcomere is made up of actin and ____ filaments, the molecular components of the muscle
- When ACh channels open, there is a Na influx that causes local depolarization, triggering opening of voltage-gated Na channels, causing an action potential at the ______ (this part of the cell)
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- ____ (size) motor units control gross movements
- This type of receptor is stimulated by acetylcholine (ACh)
- The action potential travels down the T-tubule until it reaches this voltage-sensitive receptor (use the abbreviation), causing a conformational change
- In skeletal muscle, the source of Ca2+ is 100% endogenous; it comes from stored Ca2+ in the _____ reticulum
- Inorganic phosphate generated in the previous contraction cycle is released, which initiates the power _____
- _____(size) motor units control fine motor skills
- Type IIa muscle fibers are fast-oxidative-_______
- A muscle cell contains many of these (plural)
- The ____ (abbreviation) pumps hydrolyze ATP to make ADP and uptake Ca from the intracellular compartment back to the SR (muscle relaxes)
- Ca2+ ions will move down their concentration gradient into the intracellular compartment, where they will bind to _____ and initiate the cross bridge cycle, generating force
- Type I muscle fibers are slow-oxidative and ______ resistant
- Calcium binds to troponin C, causing a conformational change in the troponin-tropomyosin complex that opens the active site on ____ so myosin can bind, forming a cross bridge
- This type of receptor is coupled to DHPR, and releases calcium when DHPR undergoes a coformational change
- At rest, myosin heads are bound to ____ (abbreviation) and are said to be in a "cocked" position; there is no Ca bound to the troponin-tropomyosin complex
27 Clues: _____ make up a myofibril • A muscle cell is also known as a muscle ____ • A muscle cell contains many of these (plural) • ____ (size) motor units control gross movements • _____(size) motor units control fine motor skills • Type IIa muscle fibers are fast-oxidative-_______ • This type of receptor is stimulated by acetylcholine (ACh) • ...
Skeletal Systtem Crossword 2024-10-17
Across
- Abnormal softening of cartilage
- The visual examination of the internal structure of a joint
- Treats mis-alignments of the spine
- Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
- Connect bone to bone
- Inflammation of a bursa
- Abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side
- Skull
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- The smooth, rubbery, blue-white connective tissue that acts as a shock absorber between bones
- Degenerative joint disease common with aging
- total hip arthroplasty
- The total displacement of a bone from its joint
- The partial displacement of a bone from its joint
- Abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine
- Spinal cord, bone marrow
- Membrane, Lines the capsule and secretes synovial fluid
- a fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas that are subject to friction
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- Inflammation of a joint(s)
- Fluid, Joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial membrane
- Scan, Nuclear imaging test that helps diagnose bone disease
- Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- X-ray
- Fracture, Fracture which twists around the bone, may occur from a twisting force
- Areas where two or more bones join together
- Magnetic resonance imaging; used to look at soft issue structures of the interior joint complex
- A specialist in care for the feet
- Fracture, Bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children
- The loss, or absence, of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure
- Cartilage
- Fracture
31 Clues: X-ray • Skull • Fracture • Cartilage • Connect bone to bone • polymyalgia rheumatica • total hip arthroplasty • Inflammation of a bursa • Spinal cord, bone marrow • Inflammation of a joint(s) • Abnormal softening of cartilage • A specialist in care for the feet • Treats mis-alignments of the spine • Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone • Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine • ...
Skeletal Dysplasia Terminology 2024-11-03
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- two or more digits fused together
- severe cranial stenosis due to premature closure of sagittal, coronal and lambdoid sutures
- prominent heel and a convex sole
- flattened vertebral bodies throughout the axial skeleton
- congenital absence of all or part of distal half of a limb
- sideways curvature of the spine
- congenital anomaly of skull where the top of the head assumes a conical or pointed shape
- club foot
- congenital defect where the bones of one or more limbs are missing or shortened
- hands short with stubby fingers
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- extra digits on hand and/or foot
- shortening of proximal bone segment
- split hand deformity
- hypoplasia or aplasia of the radius and thumb
- another name for Clover Leaf Skull
- round back or hunchback
- congenital absence of one or more limbs
- shortening of middle bone segment
- shortening of entire extremity
- curving of the fifth finger towards fourth finger
20 Clues: club foot • split hand deformity • round back or hunchback • shortening of entire extremity • sideways curvature of the spine • hands short with stubby fingers • extra digits on hand and/or foot • prominent heel and a convex sole • two or more digits fused together • shortening of middle bone segment • another name for Clover Leaf Skull • shortening of proximal bone segment • ...
Cells, Skeletal, Muscular 2025-04-03
Across
- a living thing that has an organized structure
- System a group of organs that work together to perform a certain function
- Specialized smooth muscle only found in the heart, contracts to pump blood throughout the body
- connect muscles to bone (like rubberbands), moves joint/bones
- the smallest unit that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body.
- Voluntary muscles, support posture, provide movement. Connected to bones by tendons.
- a structure composed of a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific function
- a group of cells that have similar structure and that function together as a unit
- (skull) protects brain
- collar bone
- Marrow produces red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that prevent infection and platelets that control bleeding
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- (upper arm bone) Allows your arm to move, flex and rotate. Holds 13 muscles in place. Stabilizes the rest of your arm, including your elbow and hand.
- cushions the joint and prevents friction and wear and tear between the bone ends
- (spinal column) consists of 33 vertebrae, protects spinal cord, provides structure and support, allows for movement and flexibility.
- connect bone to bone, stabilizes joints
- (hip bones) Supports your upper body, allows movement, walking, standing, bending
- (thigh bone) largest bone, provides support for body weight, allows for movement
- Joint (shoulder and hips) allows for rotational (circular) movement
- Involuntary muscles, moves food along digestive tract, arteries and veins circulate blood throughout the body.
- (knee, elbow, ankle) allows for bending and straightening
- (rib cage) consists of 24 ribs, 12 per side, protect vital organs, expand/contract to allow for breathing
- where bones meet, allows for movement
22 Clues: collar bone • (skull) protects brain • where bones meet, allows for movement • connect bone to bone, stabilizes joints • a living thing that has an organized structure • (knee, elbow, ankle) allows for bending and straightening • connect muscles to bone (like rubberbands), moves joint/bones • Joint (shoulder and hips) allows for rotational (circular) movement • ...
PBL: Skeletal Disorders 2022-10-05
Across
- Bone is forced out the joint
- Occurs when lack of vitamin D causes leg bones to become bowed out
- Bone breaks and erupts through skin; increased chance of infection
- "Hunchback", rounded bowling at the top of the spine
- Inflammation of the bursae that surround the joints
- disk Painful condition that occurs when the intervertebral disks protrudes out of alignment
- inflammation of the bone caused by an infection
- Inflammation of the joints
- Break or crack in the bone
- Breaking and dislocation of dislocation of distal radius, causing a bulge at the wrist area
- Occurs when ligaments are torn at the joint due to a twisting action
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- "Swayback", inward curvature at the bottom of the spine
- occurs when done is bent and splits, which causes a crack or incomplete break
- Broken bone of skull pushes in toward brain; bone fragments
- Occurs when the bone abnormally porous or soft
- occurs when ends of broken bone jam into one another
- Splinters into more than two pieces; bone fragments
- lateral curvature of the spine
- occurs when bone is twisted, which may results in one or more breaks
- complete breaks of bone with no damage to skin
20 Clues: Inflammation of the joints • Break or crack in the bone • Bone is forced out the joint • lateral curvature of the spine • Occurs when the bone abnormally porous or soft • complete breaks of bone with no damage to skin • inflammation of the bone caused by an infection • Inflammation of the bursae that surround the joints • ...
Skeletal Crossword Puzzle 2022-11-11
Across
- the bones that make up the ribs
- the strongest bone, and its in the jaw
- the bones that make up the bridge of the nose
- the part of the bone that makes it very long
- the lifeline of the body
- another strong bone, but it's the heaviest bone
- The bone that makes up the forehead and protects the brain
- the name for the shin bone
- the smoothest and most compact bones in the body
- the lower part of the back
- another name for the collarbone
- A joint between the bones of the skull
- the name for bones in the fingers
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- the thinner and flatter bones of the body
- the part of the body that stores and forms blood
- the skull that has more bones than the adult skull
- another name for the spine
- the bone that stores fat for adults
- The lateral half of the skeleton
- the part of the back that makes up the upper half of the tailbone
- the name for the tailbone
- the bones that form the neck
22 Clues: the lifeline of the body • the name for the tailbone • another name for the spine • the name for the shin bone • the lower part of the back • the bones that form the neck • the bones that make up the ribs • another name for the collarbone • The lateral half of the skeleton • the name for bones in the fingers • the bone that stores fat for adults • ...
Muscular & Skeletal Terminology 2023-01-19
20 Clues: rib • pain • neck • back • half • joint • round • wrist • skull • cancer • tissue • around • calcium • rupture • difficult • sensation • cartilage • expansion • inflammation • fibrous band
Muscular-Skeletal Systems 2025-11-04
Across
- Tough membrane covering the surface of bones
- Part of your body that contains 26 bones
- Muscles you cannot control
- Place where two or more bones come together
- Break in a bone
- Joint with little or no movement
- Rubbery layer of tissue found at the end of bones
- Muscles require this to contract
- Causes bones to weaken and become brittle
- Each fiber is made of smaller units called this
- Attach muscles to bones
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- Joint with back and forth movement
- Disease where joints become irritated or inflamed
- Muscles you can control
- Stores fat as an energy reserve
- Muscle tissue is made up of these
- Longest and strongest bone in the body
- Muscle tissue attached to bones
- Joint where one bones rotates around another
- Joint where one bones slides over another
- Muscle tissue found in organs
21 Clues: Break in a bone • Muscles you can control • Attach muscles to bones • Muscles you cannot control • Muscle tissue found in organs • Stores fat as an energy reserve • Muscle tissue attached to bones • Joint with little or no movement • Muscles require this to contract • Muscle tissue is made up of these • Joint with back and forth movement • Longest and strongest bone in the body • ...
Skeletal Muscle Crossword 2026-04-13
Across
- Originates at the sacrum and ilium and inserts at the proximal femur to extend the thigh at the hip
- Originates on the temporal bone and inserts on the mandible (coronoid process) to close the jaw
- Originates at the lateral margin of the scapula and inserts at the humerus (lesser tubercle) to adduct the arm
- Originates at ribs 1-8 and inserts at the medial margin of the scapula to pull the scapula anteriorly and down
- Originates in the connective tissue of the superior chest and inserts at the mandible and mouth to pull the corners of the mouth inferiorly during sadness or fright
- Originates at the ischial tuberosity and inserts at the medial condyle of the tibia to flex the leg
- Originates at the proximal tibia and fibula and inserts at the calcaneus to plantar flex the foot
- Often called the "smile muscle," it originates on the zygomatic bone and inserts into the tissue around the mouth to raise the corners of the mouth
- Originates at the lateral tibia and fibula and inserts at the tarsals and metatarsals for plantar flexion and eversion of the foot
- Originates at the scapula and proximal posterior humerus and inserts at the olecranon process of the ulna to extend the elbow
- Originates on the inferior surface of ribs 1-11 and inserts on the superior surface of ribs 2-12 to lift the ribs and increase the thoracic cavity during inhaling
- A muscle group originating at the iliac crest, sacrum, and vertebrae and inserting at the ribs, vertebrae, and skull to extend the vertebral column.
- Originates at the inter-trochanteric line of the femur and inserts at the patella/tibial tuberosity to extend the lower leg
- Originates at the infraspinous fossa of the scapula and inserts at the greater tubercle of the humerus for external rotation
- Originates at the scapular spine, acromion, and clavicle and inserts at the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus to abduct the arm
- Originates at the pubic crest and symphysis and inserts at the costal cartilages of ribs 5-7 and xiphoid processes to flex the vertebral column
- Originates at the scapula and inserts at the radial tuberosity to flex the elbow and supinate the forearm
- The "whistling muscle" that originates on the maxilla and mandible near the molars and inserts into the tissue around the mouth to compress the cheek
- Originates on the zygomatic bone and inserts at the skin and muscle of the upper lip to elevate it
- Originates at ribs 5-12 and inserts at the anterior iliac crest and abdominal aponeurosis to rotate and flex the vertebral column
- Originates at the iliac crest, inguinal ligament, and lumbar fascia and inserts at the xiphoid process and linea alba to compress the abdomen
- Originates at the distal posterior femur and inserts at the calcaneus to plantar flex the foot and flex the knee
- Originates from T7-T12, lumbar vertebrae, and the iliac crest and inserts at the proximal humerus to adduct, extend, and medially rotate the arm
- Originates at the iliac crest and inserts at the costal cartilages of ribs 7-10 and abdominal aponeurosis to compress the abdomen and rotate the vertebral column
- Originates at the spinous process of C7 and T1 and inserts at the medial border of the scapula to retract the scapula
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- Originates at the sternum, clavicle, and ribs 1-6 and inserts at the proximal humerus to medially rotate and adduct the arm
- Originates at the spinous process of T2-T5 and inserts at the medial border of the scapula to retract the scapula
- Originates at the ischial tuberosity and inserts at the medial tibia to flex the leg
- Originates at the cranial aponeurosis and inserts into the skin of the eyebrows to raise them
- Originates at the ilium and inserts at the patella and tibial tuberosity to extend the lower leg
- The "frown muscle" that originates at the anterolateral base of the mandible and inserts into the tissue around the mouth to pull down the corners of the mouth
- Originates at the ischial tuberosity and femur and inserts at the fibula and lateral condyle of the tibia to flex the leg
- Originates at the distal humerus and inserts at the proximal ulna to flex the elbow
- Originates at the greater trochanter of the femur and inserts at the patella and tibial tuberosity to extend the lower leg
- Originates on the superior surface of ribs 2-12 and inserts on the inferior surface of ribs 1-11 to depress the ribs and decrease the thoracic cavity during exhaling
- Originates at the ilium and inserts at the greater trochanter of the femur to abduct the thigh
- Originates at the occipital bone and all cervical/thoracic vertebrae and inserts at the scapular spine and clavicle to elevate and upwardly rotate the scapula
- Originates at the sternum and clavicle and inserts at the mastoid process of the temporal bone to flex the neck and rotate the head
- A chewing muscle that originates on the zygomatic bone and inserts on the mandible to close the jaw
- Originates at the distal lateral humerus and inserts at the styloid process of the radius to flex the elbow
- Originates at the transverse processes of C1-C4 and inserts at the medial border of the scapula to elevate the scapula as in shrugging
- Originates at ribs 2-5 and inserts at the coracoid process of the scapula to depress and downwardly rotate the scapula
- Originates at the ilium and inserts at the proximal femur to abduct the thigh
- This muscle originates at the frontal bone and maxilla and inserts into the tissue around the eyes to blink and close the eye
- Originates at the proximal tibia and inserts at the first tarsal and metatarsal to dorsiflex and invert the foot
- Known as the "kissing muscle," it originates at the mandible and maxilla and inserts into the skin around the mouth to close and protrude the lips
- Originates at the anterior superior iliac spine and inserts at the proximal tibia below the medial condyle to flex the thigh
47 Clues: Originates at the ilium and inserts at the proximal femur to abduct the thigh • Originates at the distal humerus and inserts at the proximal ulna to flex the elbow • Originates at the ischial tuberosity and inserts at the medial tibia to flex the leg • Originates at the cranial aponeurosis and inserts into the skin of the eyebrows to raise them • ...
Muscular System Crossword Puzzle 2023-09-23
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- there are over 600 of these in the human body.
- is a vital component of the human body responsible for movement and stability. It consists of three main types of muscles: skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles. Muscles are composed of individual fibers that contract and relax to produce motion, making the muscular system essential for everyday activities and overall physical well-being.
- are found exclusively in the heart. Cardiac muscles are responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. They contract rhythmically and involuntarily, ensuring a continuous flow of oxygenated blood to the tissues.
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- Stability, posture, heart protection and _____ are all functions of the muscular system.
- are the muscles attached to the bones and are responsible for voluntary movements such as walking, running, and lifting objects. Skeletal muscles work in pairs, with one contracting while the other relaxes to produce movement.
- also known as involuntary or visceral muscles, smooth muscles are found in the walls of organs and structures like the digestive tract, blood vessels, and the respiratory system. They function automatically, controlling processes like digestion and regulating blood flow.
6 Clues: there are over 600 of these in the human body. • Stability, posture, heart protection and _____ are all functions of the muscular system. • are found exclusively in the heart. Cardiac muscles are responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. They contract rhythmically and involuntarily, ensuring a continuous flow of oxygenated blood to the tissues. • ...
English Extravaganza 2023 2023-08-27
11 Clues: cruel • sudden • wearily • skeletal • perfectly • lamenting • grievance • constantly • communicable • determinedly • a scientist who studies stars and other objects in space.
Health Professionals 2022-10-19
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- doctor remains the front line of your medical care.
- A urologist deals with the urinary tract as well as the bladder and kidneys. A urologist is also the doctor men most often go to with reproductive system questions and concerns.
- specialize in the care of the skeletal system
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- He or she specializes in diseases and injuries of the foot.
- brain doctor
- provides primary care after birth through the teen years.
- practitioner is a registered nurse who is also trained to provide many primary healthcare services
- These physicians specialize in the diseases of internal organs that don’t require surgery. But an internist can also provide primary care needs for teenagers through elderly patients.
8 Clues: brain doctor • specialize in the care of the skeletal system • doctor remains the front line of your medical care. • provides primary care after birth through the teen years. • He or she specializes in diseases and injuries of the foot. • practitioner is a registered nurse who is also trained to provide many primary healthcare services • ...
Vocabulary Chapter 9 & 10: Muscles and Muscle Tissue 2018-02-01
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- A rigid bar that moves on a fixed point, a fulcrum, when a force is applied to it.
- Are evident along the length of each myofibril and are a dark striation.
- The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that moves when muscle is contracted.
- Is a protein that composes thick filaments.
- A plasma membrane that each skeletal muscle fiber is arranged under.
- The response of a muscle to a single brief stimulus (2 Words).
- Thick filaments that are composed primarily of the protein myosin.
- A fine sheath of connective tissue that surrounds each individual muscle fiber.
- A globular head of a myosin molecule that projects from a myosin filament in muscle.
- A contraction in which muscle does not shorten because the load is too heavy, but its internal tension increases (2 words).
- A dark line that vertically bisects each H zone.
- Refers to the activation of myosin's cross bridges to generate a force. Ends when the cross bridges become inactive and the generated tension declines.
- A layer of fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle.
- Keeps the muscle healthy and ready to act, and is low levels of contractile activity in relaxed muscles (2 Words).
- Appears in each A band's midsection and is a lighter stripe.
- The opposing force exerted on the muscle by the weight of the object to be moved.
- Resembles a bundle of sticks and are groups of endomysium-wrapped muscle fibers.
- Is a protein that composes thin filaments.
- A major protein located inside a thin filament that is a three-polypeptide complex.
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- Appears in each I band's midsection and appears to be a darker area.
- Muscle that bears the major responsibility for effecting a particular movement. Is a prime mover.
- The muscle's insertion moves towards this immovable or less movable bone.
- Contains unusually large amounts of glycosomes and myoglobin, and is similar to the cytoplasm of other cells.
- An "overcoat" of dense irregular connective tissue that covers the whole muscle.
- The force exerted by a contracting muscle on some object.
- Muscle that opposes or reverses the action of another muscle.
- Skeletal muscle under strict control strict nervous control(2 Words).
- A contraction in which muscle tension remains constant at a given joint angle and load, and the muscle shortens.
- Is the decline in ability of a muscle to generate force (2 Words).
- A rod-shaped protein that spirals about the actin core to help stiffen a thin filament.
- Are a skeletal and smooth muscle cell (2 Words).
- A motor neuron and all the muscle cells it stimulates (2 words).
- Extensions of the sarcolemma that penetrate into the centre of the skeletal and cardiac muscle cells (2 Words).
- Are evident along the length of each myofibril and are a light striation.
- A red pigment that stores oxygen and is similar to hemoglobin.
- Is the region of a myofibril located between two successive Z discs. Literally means "muscle segment."
36 Clues: Is a protein that composes thin filaments. • Is a protein that composes thick filaments. • Are a skeletal and smooth muscle cell (2 Words). • A dark line that vertically bisects each H zone. • The force exerted by a contracting muscle on some object. • Appears in each A band's midsection and is a lighter stripe. • ...
Word Power 4 2021-10-13
Muscular System 2023-05-25
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- Smaller bundles of muscle fibers
- Thin filaments at the end of a sarcomere, protein
- Anaerobic Respiration, fast, good for quick and rapid contractions
- All of the muscle fibers in one
- Single muscle cell
- Only found in the heart; makes heart pump, cross-striated
- Involuntary muscles controlled by NT's and hormones, nonstriated, located in places like the stomach
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- Cardiac; connects cells together to allow for impulses to go through more rapidly
- Voluntary control, large range of outputs & durations
- Aerobic Respiration, slower repeated contractions
- Connects skeletal muscles to bones
11 Clues: Single muscle cell • All of the muscle fibers in one • Smaller bundles of muscle fibers • Connects skeletal muscles to bones • Thin filaments at the end of a sarcomere, protein • Aerobic Respiration, slower repeated contractions • Voluntary control, large range of outputs & durations • Only found in the heart; makes heart pump, cross-striated • ...
Chapter 6 Anatomy 2023-04-18
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- CONTROLS MOVEMENT OF BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY
- CONTROLS HORMONE LEVELS WITHIN THE BODY
- FORMS THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATION OF THE BODY
- BREAKS DOWN FOOD INTO NUTRIENTS OR WASTE FOR NUTRITION OR EXCRETION
- COVERS/SHAPES AND HOLDS THE SKELETAL IN PLACE
- COORDINATES ALL OTHER BODY SYSTEMS ALLOWING THEM TO WORK
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- PRODUCES OFFSPRING AND ALLOWS FOR GENETIC TRANSFER
- PROVIDES PROTECTIVE COVERING AND REGULATES BODY TEMPERATURE
- ELIMINATES WASTE FROM THE BODY REDUCING BUILD UP OF TOXINS
- MAKES BLOOD AND OXYGEN AVAILABLE TO BODY STRUCTURES
- PROTECTS THE BODY FROM DISEASE BY DEVELOPING IMMUNITIES
11 Clues: CONTROLS HORMONE LEVELS WITHIN THE BODY • FORMS THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATION OF THE BODY • COVERS/SHAPES AND HOLDS THE SKELETAL IN PLACE • CONTROLS MOVEMENT OF BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODY • PRODUCES OFFSPRING AND ALLOWS FOR GENETIC TRANSFER • MAKES BLOOD AND OXYGEN AVAILABLE TO BODY STRUCTURES • PROTECTS THE BODY FROM DISEASE BY DEVELOPING IMMUNITIES • ...
The Body Systems 2013-01-30
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- System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body
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- System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body
- System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body
- Organ system that passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases
- System that contains all the bones in the body and the tissues such as tendons, ligaments and cartilage that connect them
5 Clues: System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body • System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body • System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body • ...
animal cells 2023-10-06
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- control center of the cell; contains dna
- stores food, water, wastes, and other materials
- the lipid metabolism and the processing of reactive oxygen species
- produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its function
- a membrane-bound network of tubules
- determine cell shape and in a variety of cell movements,
- gel-like fluid where the organelles are found
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- controls what comes into and out of a cell; found in plant and animal cells
- to produce proteins for the rest of the cell to function
- receives proteins & materials from the ER packages them, & distributes them
- double-stranded molecules of polymerized fibrous (F) actin
- assembles amino acids to create proteins
- uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell particles
- organizing microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system
- are involved in metabolism, transport, buoyancy control, and enzyme storage
15 Clues: a membrane-bound network of tubules • control center of the cell; contains dna • assembles amino acids to create proteins • gel-like fluid where the organelles are found • stores food, water, wastes, and other materials • to produce proteins for the rest of the cell to function • determine cell shape and in a variety of cell movements, • ...
unit 2 - Let wild animals be wild 2023-11-01
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- calcium carbonate is a soft white limestone formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
- a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim
- supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose
- depend on with full trust or confidence
- give authorization or consent to (something) to do something.
- a possibility of something happening.
- an advantage or profit gained from something.
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- a sopposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.
- transport or carrying it to a place.
- to receive an advantage
- if the specified thing does not prevent one from doing something.
- something of a situation or event included as a necessary part or result.
- not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.
- something intercept and hold which has been thrown.
- a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening.
15 Clues: to receive an advantage • transport or carrying it to a place. • a possibility of something happening. • depend on with full trust or confidence • an advantage or profit gained from something. • something intercept and hold which has been thrown. • supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose • give authorization or consent to (something) to do something. • ...
Let’s Think A Biology Word 2024-05-05
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- If the changes past a certain point, a response_______ the changes
- Example of polypeptides/protein
- The selection agent for artificial selection?
- A synapse between terminal ends of motor neurons with ______ muscle or smooth muscle
- Increases vigour/heterosis
- Control the normal blood osmotic pressure(normal water potential of blood plasma) controlled by ______
- Axon does not involve neurotransmitter while _______ involve neurotransmitter
- Process of mating or crossing between two true-breeding varieties is?
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- Two extreme phenotype are separated and two subpopulations will be formed
- A site of ultrafiltration of blood due to its porous capillary
- For bottlenecks effect, certain alleles maybe overrepresented, underrepresented or?
- Highly branched extensions that receive input and conduct toward cell body
- Function receptor is detect a _______ and send information to control center
- autonomic nervous system that promote calming and return to normal (rest and digest)
- Two species reproduced at different times of a day or seasons
15 Clues: Increases vigour/heterosis • Example of polypeptides/protein • The selection agent for artificial selection? • Two species reproduced at different times of a day or seasons • A site of ultrafiltration of blood due to its porous capillary • If the changes past a certain point, a response_______ the changes • ...
Fitness Unit Review 2026-02-12
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- The striped appearance of muscles due to actin and myosin
- The type of muscle found in the heart
- This increases during exercise due to the need for increased gas exchange
- This substance builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration
- The body making ATP without the use of oxygen
- The protein in muscle with “arms” that pull to contract the muscle
- A needed product for cellular respiration- we inhale this
- The process cells undergo in order to turn glucose into ATP
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- The body making ATP with the use of oxygen
- The type of muscle found in the digestive system
- A waste product of cellular respiration- we exhale this
- The protein in muscle that gets pulled on during contraction
- Energy that is usable by cells
- The ions responsible for the burn in your muscles during exercise
- The type of muscle that your body uses to make movements
15 Clues: Energy that is usable by cells • The type of muscle found in the heart • The body making ATP with the use of oxygen • The body making ATP without the use of oxygen • The type of muscle found in the digestive system • A waste product of cellular respiration- we exhale this • The type of muscle that your body uses to make movements • ...
Endocrine - Hypothalamus and pituitary glands 2020-12-04
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- Considered as the “master endocrine gland”.
- Hormones produced by the hypothalamus are and antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
- Growth hormone increase synthesis by liver
- Hormones causes a woman to ovulate and a male to produce testosterone.
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- Stimulates skeletal growth,stimulates development of male and female organs.
- Lobe of the pituitary gland that made up of nervous tissue.
- Hormone that regulates water balance by reducing the amount of water leaving the body.
- Two main types of hormones are hormones and steroid hormones.
- The hypothalamus controls the release of hormones by the pituitary gland.
- Function of pituitary gland is to produces the number of different hormones.
- Hormones get around the body through system.
11 Clues: Growth hormone increase synthesis by liver • Considered as the “master endocrine gland”. • Hormones get around the body through system. • Lobe of the pituitary gland that made up of nervous tissue. • Two main types of hormones are hormones and steroid hormones. • Hormones causes a woman to ovulate and a male to produce testosterone. • ...
Anatomy and Physiology 2017-08-07
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- ATP is the ______ in a cell
- Muscular tissue is broken down into 3 types, smooth,skeletal and _______.
- Bones consist of a solid matrix made of _______ salts
- The movement of water from high concentration to low concentration
- Consists of two or more atoms linked by a chemical bond
- A membrane that allows no molecules to pass through
- The centre of a cell is called a ______.
- The tissue that covers an organ or lines a tube or space in the body
- Movement of molecules from high to low
- How the body functions
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- Tissue that consists of cells filled with fat
- Structures of the body
- Blood,bone,tendons and cartilage are all what types of tissue
- Found in the cell membrane that allow molecules to pass through
- The clear jelly like fluid that fills a cell
- Another name for skeletal muscle
- How the body maintains optimal conditions (acidity,tempreture and hydration)
- Several tissues grouped together form an ______.
18 Clues: Structures of the body • How the body functions • ATP is the ______ in a cell • Another name for skeletal muscle • Movement of molecules from high to low • The centre of a cell is called a ______. • The clear jelly like fluid that fills a cell • Tissue that consists of cells filled with fat • Several tissues grouped together form an ______. • ...
Head Anatomy Physiology 2022-03-23
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- shapes and contracts
- protect and regulate
- largest and mostcomplexnerve
- eliminates waste
- affects growth
- attached to bones
- offspring
- physical foundation
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- movable and immovable
- portion ofnervoussystem
- muscle of the heart
- reproducing cells
- controls and coordinates
- makes up 60-90%of bodytissue
- controls circulation
- enables breathing
- convertsfoodto nutrients
17 Clues: offspring • affects growth • eliminates waste • reproducing cells • enables breathing • attached to bones • muscle of the heart • physical foundation • shapes and contracts • protect and regulate • controls circulation • movable and immovable • portion ofnervoussystem • controls and coordinates • convertsfoodto nutrients • largest and mostcomplexnerve • makes up 60-90%of bodytissue
Group #3 Life Science Puzzle 2021-05-12
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- collection of glands that produce hormones.
- mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus.
- for the movement of the human body. Attached to the bones of the skeletal system complex collection of nerves and specialized cells known as neurons that transmit signals between different parts of the body. It is essentially the body's electrical wiring. Structurally, the nervous system has two components: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system
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- derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources
- study of living organisms,
- the historic scientific theory
- organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands.
- the study of the history of words.
8 Clues: study of living organisms, • the historic scientific theory • the study of the history of words. • collection of glands that produce hormones. • derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources • organ system consisting of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands. • mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. • ...
The Body Systems 2013-01-30
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- Organ system that passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases
- System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body
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- System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body
- System that contains all the bones in the body and the tissues such as tendons, ligaments and cartilage that connect them
- System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body
5 Clues: System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body • System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body • System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body • ...
Foundations of Biomedical sciences 2014-11-30
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- The main control of peripheral resistance occurs in the
- The strand of DNA that gets transcribed into mRNA is called the
- The middle segment of the small intestine is the
- The dense layer of tissue that surrounds an entire skeletal muscle is the
- Histones are found in
- Chondrocytes are to cartilage as osteocytes are to
- The type of contraction in which muscle fibres do not shorten
- Where is the genetic code stored
- Cells that engulf bacteria or cell debris within loose connective tissue are
- Where is ADH released from
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- In the mitochondrion, folds are to cristae as the contained fluid is to
- A steroid hormone
- Histones are found in
- The protein directly activated by a G protein
- The ion that triggers the release of Acetyl Choline into the the synaptic cleft
- The plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle
- Blood is supplied to the myocardium by which arteries
- The tissue that always has a bottom and a top
- You would find pseudostratified columnar epithelium lining the
19 Clues: A steroid hormone • Histones are found in • Histones are found in • Where is ADH released from • Where is the genetic code stored • The plasma membrane of a skeletal muscle • The protein directly activated by a G protein • The tissue that always has a bottom and a top • The middle segment of the small intestine is the • Chondrocytes are to cartilage as osteocytes are to • ...
Nutritional Disorders 2025-01-03
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- Thiamine deficiency can result in ______ signs such as head tilt.
- Protein-energy ______ occurs with poor-quality diets or illness.
- An excess of this vitamin can cause calcification of tissues.
- ______ can cause skeletal and joint issues.
- Diets high in raw fish can lead to a deficiency of ______.
- Essential fatty acid often sourced from fish oil.
- A diet lacking in calcium can lead to ______ deformities.
- A condition where the body cannot regulate blood sugar properly.
- A condition caused by an imbalance of calcium and phosphorus.
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- A trace mineral whose deficiency can cause anemia.
- Chronic itching in pets could indicate a ______ allergy.
- Deficiency in this vitamin can cause retinal degeneration in cats.
- This component is essential for healthy skin and coat.
- A deficiency in this vitamin can cause poor coat quality and dry skin.
- Cats require this amino acid to prevent cardiomyopathy.
- Chronic undernutrition can lead to ______ loss and lethargy.
- imbalance can lead to skeletal abnormalities and fractures.
- Excess liver consumption can cause toxicity of this vitamin.
- Overfeeding often leads to this condition in pets.
19 Clues: ______ can cause skeletal and joint issues. • Essential fatty acid often sourced from fish oil. • A trace mineral whose deficiency can cause anemia. • Overfeeding often leads to this condition in pets. • This component is essential for healthy skin and coat. • Cats require this amino acid to prevent cardiomyopathy. • ...
The Body Systems 2013-01-30
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- Organ system that passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases
- System that contains all the bones in the body and the tissues such as tendons, ligaments and cartilage that connect them
- System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body
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- System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body
- System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body
5 Clues: System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body • System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body • System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body • ...
The Body Systems 2013-01-30
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- System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body
- System that contains all the bones in the body and the tissues such as tendons, ligaments and cartilage that connect them
- System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body
- Organ system that passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases
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- System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body
5 Clues: System responsible for transporting nutrients and removing gaseous waste from the body • System that permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body • System that coordinates the actions of the body and transmits signals between different parts of its body • ...
Spectrum digital lab 2022-04-01
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- moderate frequency and used in remote control
- longer wavelengths than infrared waves and used for heating food quickly
- the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer
- the only light waves we can see
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- shorter wavelength than visible light and used to view the skeletal system
- spectrum scale used to show wave size
- shorter wavelength than visible light but longer than x-rays; these waves can cause sunburn
- the lowest frequency waves that allow you to listen to your favorite station in the car
8 Clues: the only light waves we can see • spectrum scale used to show wave size • moderate frequency and used in remote control • the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer • longer wavelengths than infrared waves and used for heating food quickly • shorter wavelength than visible light and used to view the skeletal system • ...
Electromagnetic Waves Vocabulary 2023-02-03
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- the range of sizes and speeds where the waves travel.
- longer wavelength than infrared waves often used for heating food quickly.
- moderate frequency and used in remote controls.
- shorter wavelength than visible light but longer than x-rays; can cause sunburn.
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- the only light wave we can see.
- shorter wavelength than visible light and used to view skeletal system.
- the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer.
- the lowest frequency waves that allow you to listen to your favorite stations in the car.
8 Clues: the only light wave we can see. • moderate frequency and used in remote controls. • the range of sizes and speeds where the waves travel. • the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer. • shorter wavelength than visible light and used to view skeletal system. • longer wavelength than infrared waves often used for heating food quickly. • ...
Electromagnetic spectrum 2023-05-02
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- the lowest frequency waves that allow you to listen to your favorite stations in the car
- the range of sizes and speed
- the only light waves we can see
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- longer wavelength than infrared waves and used for heating food quickly
- the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer
- shorter wavelength than visible light but longer x-rays; can cause sunburn
- moderate frequency and used in remote controls
- shorter wavelength than visible light and used to view the skeletal system
8 Clues: the range of sizes and speed • the only light waves we can see • moderate frequency and used in remote controls • the highest frequency wave and often used to fight cancer • longer wavelength than infrared waves and used for heating food quickly • shorter wavelength than visible light but longer x-rays; can cause sunburn • ...
crossword puzzle 2026-03-04
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- the range of wave sizes and speed.
- Moderate frequency and used in remote controls.
- The lowest requency waves taht allow you to listen to you favorite station in the car.
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- Shorter wavelength than visible light but longer than x-rays;can cause a sunburn.
- Shorter wavelentgh than visible light and used to see the skeletal system.
- The only light wave we can see.
- Used for heating food, longer wavelength than infrared.
- The highest frequency and used to fight cancer.
8 Clues: The only light wave we can see. • the range of wave sizes and speed. • The highest frequency and used to fight cancer. • Moderate frequency and used in remote controls. • Used for heating food, longer wavelength than infrared. • Shorter wavelentgh than visible light and used to see the skeletal system. • ...
Body Systems 2022-03-08
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- also referred to as the gastrointestinal system
- The skin, hair nails, and glands
- composed of the heart and the body's blood vessels
- plays a role in every body function and acts as the primary means of self-protection
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- Maintains posture, protects organs, stores minerals, moves the body, and produces blood cells
- responsible for the continuation of the human species
- filters incoming air, transporting air from the environment to the lungs, and exchanging gasses
- provides the foundation for immunity
- Maintains homeostasis, the state of body equilibrium
- Moves the body, maintains posture, produces heat, and assist lymph transport
- maintains fluid and electrolyte balance while also ridding the body of wastes, toxins, and drugs
11 Clues: The skin, hair nails, and glands • provides the foundation for immunity • also referred to as the gastrointestinal system • composed of the heart and the body's blood vessels • Maintains homeostasis, the state of body equilibrium • responsible for the continuation of the human species • Moves the body, maintains posture, produces heat, and assist lymph transport • ...
Muscle Mass and Weight Gain Supplements 2012-10-01
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- used as a complement to resistance training
- Any cell that envelopes the bodies of nerve cells within the peripheral nerve system, found in skeletal muscle fibers and promotes their growth, repair, and regeneration
- Muscle protein synthesis minus muscle protein breakdown
- contractile protein that increases in size
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- promotes protein degradation, and negative nitrogen balance
- The process by which the genetic code carried by the messenger RNA (mRNA) directs the production of proteins from amino acids
- Enlargement of the size of cells to increase the size of an organ
- promotes increased protein synthesis, positive nitrogen balance, and decreased protein degradation
- messanger RNA is transcribed and translated into these
- contractile protein
- activated then copied into messanger RNA
11 Clues: contractile protein • activated then copied into messanger RNA • contractile protein that increases in size • used as a complement to resistance training • messanger RNA is transcribed and translated into these • Muscle protein synthesis minus muscle protein breakdown • promotes protein degradation, and negative nitrogen balance • ...
Cell Terms 2021-08-31
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- Makes, packages, and transports proteins and fats
- converts light to enrgy causing photsyenthesis
- Breaks down worn out cell parts
- Powerhouse of the cell
- hair-like structures involved in the locomotion of a cell
- Is a cellular particle made of RNA and protein that serves as the site for protein synthesis in the cell
- cause cell expansion, growth and replication
- move water relative to the cell in a regular movement of the cilia
- Protects the plant cell
- helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization
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- Round part of most cells that are enclosed in a double membrane, controls the activities of the cell
- provides protection for a cell
- Helps elminate wste products
- play a role in organizing microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system
- Where proteins received from the ER are further processed and sorted for transport to their eventual destinations
15 Clues: Powerhouse of the cell • Protects the plant cell • Helps elminate wste products • provides protection for a cell • Breaks down worn out cell parts • cause cell expansion, growth and replication • converts light to enrgy causing photsyenthesis • Makes, packages, and transports proteins and fats • hair-like structures involved in the locomotion of a cell • ...
Cell Terms 2021-08-31
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- Makes, packages, and transports proteins and fats
- play a role in organizing microtubules that serve as the cell's skeletal system
- provides protection for a cell
- helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization
- move water relative to the cell in a regular movement of the cilia
- Round part of most cells that are enclosed in a double membrane, controls the activities of the cell
- Protects the plant cell
- Is a cellular particle made of RNA and protein that serves as the site for protein synthesis in the cell
- hair-like structures involved in the locomotion of a cell
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- converts light to enrgy causing photsyenthesis
- Powerhouse of the cell
- cause cell expansion, growth and replication
- Helps elminate wste products
- Where proteins received from the ER are further processed and sorted for transport to their eventual destinations
- Breaks down worn out cell parts
15 Clues: Powerhouse of the cell • Protects the plant cell • Helps elminate wste products • provides protection for a cell • Breaks down worn out cell parts • cause cell expansion, growth and replication • converts light to enrgy causing photsyenthesis • Makes, packages, and transports proteins and fats • hair-like structures involved in the locomotion of a cell • ...
Organs and Organ Systems 2023-09-14
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- protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells
- breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water
- produces and transports reproductive cells
- a group of tissues that carry out a specialized function
- brings in oxygen for cells, expels carbon dioxide and water vapor
- produces hormones that act on target tissues in other organs to influence growth
- filters blood and eliminates waste products
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- produces voluntary and involuntary movements
- transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and wastes
- regulates the body’s response to changes in the internal and external environment
- is an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates
- pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn,
- supports and protects vital organs; allows movement; stores minerals
- protects against infection, UV radiation; regulates body temperature
- a hollow muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system
15 Clues: produces and transports reproductive cells • filters blood and eliminates waste products • produces voluntary and involuntary movements • transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and wastes • breaks down and absorbs nutrients, salts, and water • a group of tissues that carry out a specialized function • protects against disease; stores and generates white blood cells • ...
Biology 2024-05-05
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- The selection agent for artificial selection?
- A site of ultrafiltration of blood due to its porous capillary
- Function receptor is detect a _______ and send information to control center
- If the changes past a certain point, a response_______ the changes
- Two species reproduced at different times of a day or seasons
- Process of mating or crossing between two true-breeding varieties is?
- Two extreme phenotype are separated and two subpopulations will be formed
- For bottlenecks effect, certain alleles maybe overrepresented, underrepresented or?
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- Control the normal blood osmotic pressure(normal water potential of blood plasma) controlled by ______
- autonomic nervous system that promote calming and return to normal (rest and digest)
- A synapse between terminal ends of motor neurons with ______ muscle or smooth muscle
- Highly branched extensions that receive input and conduct toward cell body
- Example of polypeptides/protein
- Increases vigour/heterosis
- Axon does not involve neurotransmitter while _______ involve neurotransmitter
15 Clues: Increases vigour/heterosis • Example of polypeptides/protein • The selection agent for artificial selection? • Two species reproduced at different times of a day or seasons • A site of ultrafiltration of blood due to its porous capillary • If the changes past a certain point, a response_______ the changes • ...
Body Systems 2021-04-19
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- tissues that work together to function your body
- the making of reproductive cells
- takes food in and breaks it down and creates waste
- when your muscles have no strength
- different pieces of a body that help keep it running
- smallest unit of life
- helps keep mammels alive
- blood vessels that carry blood from and to the heart
- helps control what your body is doing
- the structure of an living organism
- system– helps the body stay up and do activities
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- the most popular mammal
- the ability to work your muscles to lift heavy items
- what is used to be alive
- what makes up a human
- swap of carbon dioxide and oxygen between the air and the body
- helps organisms to move
- a part of your body with lots of cells that help fight infenctions and diseases
- where the waste that the body creates is let out
- cells that work together to function your body
20 Clues: what makes up a human • smallest unit of life • the most popular mammal • helps organisms to move • what is used to be alive • helps keep mammels alive • the making of reproductive cells • when your muscles have no strength • the structure of an living organism • helps control what your body is doing • cells that work together to function your body • ...
Ch. 10 Terms 2021-10-15
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- cytoplasm of the muscle fiber
- part of sarcolemma that interacts with synaptic terminal
- sarcoplasmic reticulum, T-tubule, & cisternae
- twisted strand of G-actin
- branch of NMJ that interacts with sarcolemma
- collagen fibers, outermost layer
- in-between F-actin rows, holds them together
- protein filaments (2 types, thick & thin)
- membrane complex of muscles cells, form tubular network
- divided into fascicles, made of collagen & elastic fibers, middle layer
- area between synaptic terminal and motor end plate
- toxin causes nervous system to be unable to stimulate muscles
- cell in skeletal muscle
- plasma membrane of the muscle fiber
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- site of communication between nervous and muscular systems
- bundles of protein filaments, muscle contraction from shortening
- surrounds individual muscle cells, collagen & elastic fibers, innermost layer
- bundle of muscle fibers
- 3 globular subunits, binds with tropomyosin, which opens G-actin active site
- enlargement of sarcoplasmic reticulum around T-tubule
- stiffening after death
- composed of myosin
- composed of actin
- narrow tubes that navigate through membrane, deliver electrical impulses
- covers G-actin active sites, prevents interaction with myosin
25 Clues: composed of actin • composed of myosin • stiffening after death • bundle of muscle fibers • cell in skeletal muscle • twisted strand of G-actin • cytoplasm of the muscle fiber • collagen fibers, outermost layer • plasma membrane of the muscle fiber • protein filaments (2 types, thick & thin) • branch of NMJ that interacts with sarcolemma • ...
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes 2016-04-10
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- a period of little or no growth or decline
- having the mental faculties fully active
- method of performance/ way of accomplishing
- the science of dealing with living matter
- existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness
- an offensive word for someone who is slow, stupid or foolish
- the medical speciality concerned with the correction of dis formalities or functional impairments of the skeletal system
- a surgeon who performs surgery of the brain or other nerve tissues
- something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling & thought
- to control by putting in a state of trans
- one or many propositions set forth as an explanation
- the treatment of diseases or disorders
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- soft convoluted mass of gray and white matter
- the science of the mind or of mental states and processes
- the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments
- the ability to understand with the senses of the mind
- a meeting or formal assembly
- strikingly bright, vivid or glowing
- intelligence quotient
- A sample representing a whole
20 Clues: intelligence quotient • a meeting or formal assembly • A sample representing a whole • strikingly bright, vivid or glowing • the treatment of diseases or disorders • having the mental faculties fully active • the science of dealing with living matter • to control by putting in a state of trans • a period of little or no growth or decline • ...
Test Practice - Lesson 3-4 2023-10-22
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- the basic element; the identifying characteristic
- childish; immature
- the male head of a family or tribe
- the surroundings within which something begins
- emerging; coming into existence
- a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than understanding
- to register as a student at a college or university
- marriage to two mates
- about to die or end
- possessed at birth
- to be friendly with
- branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system
- to shame
- a person or thing of no importance
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- a teacher
- pertaining to brothers; brotherly
- childlike
- dominated by one's wife
- name derived from a paternal ancestor
- the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
- an examination to determine cause of death; an autopsy
- something that has a real or independent existence
- having to do with the family
- support; encouragement
- like an uncle
- a family inheritance
- to go to regularly
- marriage to a single mate
- a rebirth; a renewal
- a society ruled or controlled by women
30 Clues: to shame • a teacher • childlike • like an uncle • childish; immature • to go to regularly • possessed at birth • about to die or end • to be friendly with • a family inheritance • a rebirth; a renewal • marriage to two mates • support; encouragement • dominated by one's wife • marriage to a single mate • having to do with the family • emerging; coming into existence • ...
Body systems 2023-11-28
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- A bone found in the patella
- the part of the blood that carries oxygen
- The ends of the fingers
- Another term for freely moveable joints
- The bones in the skeleton that make up the arms and legs.
- Usually carries oxygenated blood
- the space in the inside of an artery, vein or capillary.
- SVxHR
- A long term effect of exercise on the skeletal system.
- a flap at the back of your throat
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- An increase in the size of a muscle.
- Pads of tissue found between the articular cartilage and sit within the synovial fluid in the knee.
- The increased number of muscles fibres
- the muscle(s) that relax in response to the active muscle.
- Turning the palm face up
- Muscle responsible for the movement
- Type 11a and 11b
- A function of the skeleton.
- located between atrium and ventricles to prevent backflow.
- maintains blood flow to the muscles after physical activity.
- (2 words) Muscle found at the front of the lower leg responsible for Dorsi-Flexion.
21 Clues: SVxHR • Type 11a and 11b • The ends of the fingers • Turning the palm face up • A bone found in the patella • A function of the skeleton. • Usually carries oxygenated blood • a flap at the back of your throat • Muscle responsible for the movement • An increase in the size of a muscle. • The increased number of muscles fibres • Another term for freely moveable joints • ...
Page 92 Wordsearch 2024-08-07
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- A bone at the base of the neck/top of the ribcage
- The part of the inner ear involved in hearing
- A blood vessel which takes blood away from the heart
- To do with the heart
- An element which we breath in and need to survive
- An organ responsible for cleaning the blood
- Pumps blood around our body
- Each of the series of small bones forming the backbone
- Carries electrical signals from our muscles to our brain
- Connects muscle to bone.
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- To do with the bones in the body
- The largest artery which takes blood from the heart to the rest of the body
- A lower chamber of the heart
- An upper chamber of the heart
- A strong, flexible connective tissue that protects your joints and bones
- Relating to the circulation of blood
- The body system which breaks down food
- The black part of our eye which light goes through
- The coating on the back of the eye.
- Relating to or affecting respiration or the organs of respiration
20 Clues: To do with the heart • Connects muscle to bone. • Pumps blood around our body • A lower chamber of the heart • An upper chamber of the heart • To do with the bones in the body • The coating on the back of the eye. • Relating to the circulation of blood • The body system which breaks down food • An organ responsible for cleaning the blood • ...
Malignant Hyperthermia - It's getting hot in here!!! 2024-07-25
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- __________ is a late sign of MH
- A halogenated gas that triggers MH and starts with an I
- ____________ muscle rigidity can be seen by anesthesia
- Skeletal muscles dump __________ ions into a patient's system
- _____________ causes heat that the body can't dispel
- ___________ agents cause a hypermetabolic cascade
- Stop ________ the body when their temperature reaches 38 degrees C
- A depolarizing muscle relaxant that can trigger an MH crisis
- Increased oxygen consumption causes an increase in carbon dioxide _________
- What state has a higher incidence of MH?
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- ______________ with 100% oxygen
- ____________ is a safe IV anesthetic
- How many vials of Dantrolene do we need to have in the building?
- Call ______, the 24-hour hotline
- The other volatile inhaled anesthetic gas we use that starts with an S
- MH is an ________ disorder
- Heat and ____________ can trigger an MH crisis
- _______ the triggering agents!!
- ___________ hyperthermia
- Loss of calcium leads to sustained muscle ______________
- ________ Oxide is also known as laughing gas
- What drug is given during an MH crisis?
- An early sign of MH
- MH causes an increase in oxygen __________
- ____ for help
25 Clues: ____ for help • An early sign of MH • ___________ hyperthermia • MH is an ________ disorder • ______________ with 100% oxygen • __________ is a late sign of MH • _______ the triggering agents!! • Call ______, the 24-hour hotline • ____________ is a safe IV anesthetic • What drug is given during an MH crisis? • What state has a higher incidence of MH? • ...
Musculoskeletal Health 2024-09-15
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- muscles that increase the angle of bone/joint
- allow you to bend your arms at the elbow
- bones of the skull, ribs and sternum
- largest muscle in the calf
- strong bands of fibrous connective tissues
- longest bone in the body
- refers to the bones
- muscle that allows you raise your arms out to the side
- connect the temporal bones of the skull with the sternum and clavicles
- relatively immovable part
- largest and strongest muscles in the whole body.
- lifts the lower leg and turns inward
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- muscles that decrease the angle between bone/joint
- extend or straighten your arms
- muscles perform their work by this
- means surrounding or enclosing
- pulls foot upward
- muscles that allow you to shrug or pull your shoulders back and tilt your head
- group of three muscles in the back of each thigh
- pull the leg sideways from the body
- one of two muscles that connect the mandible to the cranium.
- one of two muscles that connect the mandible to the cranium.
- study of the skeletal system
- ability of a muscle to extend easily
- draw the leg inward towards the body
25 Clues: pulls foot upward • refers to the bones • longest bone in the body • relatively immovable part • largest muscle in the calf • study of the skeletal system • extend or straighten your arms • means surrounding or enclosing • muscles perform their work by this • pull the leg sideways from the body • bones of the skull, ribs and sternum • ability of a muscle to extend easily • ...
Bones Crossword 2025-02-10
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- Long bone in the forearm, on the thumb side
- Bones in the human hand
- Slightly curved bone that connects the arm to the body
- Thigh bone that connects the hip to the knee
- Broad, flat surfaced bone
- Bones in the human face
- A bone in the pelvis that helps support the body's weight and balance
- How many ribs your skeletal system contains
- A roughly cube-shaped bone
- Located in the medial side of the forearm
- Bone that makes the upper part of the hip bone
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- Protects the brain
- Kneecap or at the front of your knee joint
- A longer than it's wide bone that has a shaft and two ends
- Between your lower spine and your upper thighs
- In the upper arm and runs from your shoulder to the elbow
- Parallel to the tibia but on the outside of the body.
- The shin bone that runs below the knee to the ankle
- T-shaped bone in middle of chest
- Bones in the human foot
- Structure that protects the heart and lungs
21 Clues: Protects the brain • Bones in the human hand • Bones in the human face • Bones in the human foot • Broad, flat surfaced bone • A roughly cube-shaped bone • T-shaped bone in middle of chest • Located in the medial side of the forearm • Kneecap or at the front of your knee joint • Long bone in the forearm, on the thumb side • How many ribs your skeletal system contains • ...
Body Organization and Structure 2022-10-26
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- sends electrical signals through the body
- is the thicker layer of skin
- connects skeletal muscles to your bones
- forms hair at the bottom of a tiny sac
- allows two or more bones to move
- joins, supports, and protects.
- Maintaining a stable internal environment
- bones, cartilage, and the special structures that connect them
- is the thinner layer of skin
- special type of muscle found in your heart
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- a soft flexible tissue
- skin, hair, and nails make up this system
- does not have any visible open spaces
- made up of cells that contract and relax
- found in the digestive tract and blood vessels
- determines skin pigmentation
- Covers and protects underlying tissue; skin
- produce a salty liquid that cools the surface of the skin
- Two or more tissues working together
- are attached to your bones for movement
- provides most of the strength and support
- the muscle and connective tissue that connect to bones
- a strong elastic band of connective tissue
- Group of similar cells working together
24 Clues: a soft flexible tissue • determines skin pigmentation • is the thicker layer of skin • is the thinner layer of skin • joins, supports, and protects. • allows two or more bones to move • Two or more tissues working together • does not have any visible open spaces • forms hair at the bottom of a tiny sac • connects skeletal muscles to your bones • ...
Intro and Axial Crossword 2020-10-15
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- results from a twisting force
- connective tissue
- bone penetrates the skin; open fracture
- bone is completely broken, but doesn't penetrate the skin
- typically longer than they are wide
- mature bone cells
- limbs and girdles
- Don't fit one preceding category
- bones are broken into many pieces
- fracture in which bone ends are forced into each other
- fracture in which the bone splinters, but the break is incomplete
- shaft of the bone; composed of compact bone
- join muscles to bones
- mostly cube shaped
- fracture type which is a typical skull fracture
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- one of the functions of the skeletal system
- form longitudinal axis of the body;skull, ribcage and spine
- Covers epiphysis and diaphysis
- type of flat bone
- thin, flattened and usually curved
- outside covering the diaphysis
- type of irregular bone
- contains yellow marrow in adults
- encloses the brain
- type of short bone
- bone destroying cells
- bone forming cells
- type of long bone
- Join bone to bone
- ends of the bone; mostly of spongy bone
- bone is crushed
31 Clues: bone is crushed • type of flat bone • connective tissue • mature bone cells • limbs and girdles • type of long bone • Join bone to bone • encloses the brain • type of short bone • bone forming cells • mostly cube shaped • bone destroying cells • join muscles to bones • type of irregular bone • results from a twisting force • Covers epiphysis and diaphysis • outside covering the diaphysis • ...
Mollusks and Echinoderms 2021-01-05
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- name for the overall shell of a sea urchin and sand dollar
- innermost portion of a seastar
- modified structure used for jet propulsion
- mollusk with elongated mantle and tentacles/arms and eyes
- sea slug
- term used to describe the "arms" of sea stars
- mouth appendage of a sea urchin containing teeth
- meaning "spiny skin"
- tissue found in mollusks typically used to create a shell
- top surface of sea stars
- used by many mollusks for burrowing, modified into arms/tentacles in cephalopods
- structure that pumps water into the vascular system of starfish
- elongated echinoderm with flexible body and respiratory trees
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- echinoderm with elongated spines for locomotion and protection
- modified antennae of nudibranchs
- scraping tongue found in gastropods
- specialized appendages found in feather stars and sea lilies for movement
- skeletal plates found in sea urchins and sand dollars
- radial symmetry made of 5 segments
- original portion of bivalve shells
- numerous appendages used by echinoderms for various purposes such as locomotion and feeding
- mollusk with two shells such as a clam
22 Clues: sea slug • meaning "spiny skin" • top surface of sea stars • innermost portion of a seastar • modified antennae of nudibranchs • radial symmetry made of 5 segments • original portion of bivalve shells • scraping tongue found in gastropods • mollusk with two shells such as a clam • modified structure used for jet propulsion • term used to describe the "arms" of sea stars • ...
Chapter 12 2021-03-05
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- occurs when the allergen directly enters the blood
- destroys the myelin sheaths of brain and spinal cord
- mixture of dead or dying neutrophils broken down tissue cells and living and dead pathogens
- the thyroid gland produces excessive amounts of thyroxine
- tissue grafts taken from a person that is not a twin
- destroy pancreatic beta cells resulting in deficient production of insulin
- severe impairment of kidney function
- abnormally vigorous immune responses
- ones own immune system attacks itself
- tissue grafts transplanted from one site to another in the same person
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- impairs communication between nerves and skeletal muscles
- most common type of allergy
- binding of penicillin to blood proteins sometimes causes this
- Congenital and acquired conditions in which the production or function of immune cells or complement is abdnormal
- systemic disease that occurs mainly in young women
- take longer to appear than regular allergies
- tissue graft harvested from not human animal species
- systemically destroys joints
- tissue grafts donated by a twin
- escaped fluid from blood accumulates in tissues and causes this
20 Clues: most common type of allergy • systemically destroys joints • tissue grafts donated by a twin • severe impairment of kidney function • abnormally vigorous immune responses • ones own immune system attacks itself • take longer to appear than regular allergies • occurs when the allergen directly enters the blood • systemic disease that occurs mainly in young women • ...
Body Systems 2021-04-19
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- tissues that work together to function your body
- the making of reproductive cells
- takes food in and breaks it down and creates waste
- when your muscles have no strength
- different pieces of a body that help keep it running
- smallest unit of life
- helps keep mammels alive
- blood vessels that carry blood from and to the heart
- helps control what your body is doing
- the structure of an living organism
- system– helps the body stay up and do activities
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- the most popular mammal
- the ability to work your muscles to lift heavy items
- what is used to be alive
- what makes up a human
- swap of carbon dioxide and oxygen between the air and the body
- helps organisms to move
- a part of your body with lots of cells that help fight infenctions and diseases
- where the waste that the body creates is let out
- cells that work together to function your body
20 Clues: what makes up a human • smallest unit of life • the most popular mammal • helps organisms to move • what is used to be alive • helps keep mammels alive • the making of reproductive cells • when your muscles have no strength • the structure of an living organism • helps control what your body is doing • cells that work together to function your body • ...
CDC Crossword 2014-09-13
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- Symptoms are so light that you may not know you are infected by one.
- Caused by a faulty gene paired with excess of iron intake.
- Common mosquito-borne illness.
- Skeletal disease caused by calcium defeciency.
- Bacterium responsible for the Black Death.
- Fatal virus spread by mammels that infects the central nervous system.
- More commonly known as "Ringworm".
- Rare disease caused by the inhalation of fungal spores.
- Disease transmitted by African deerflies who carry larvae of eye worms.
- Disease transmitted by ticks.
- Virus behind the most recent outbreak in history.
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- More commonly known as "Measles".
- Disease that can be contracted from the consumption of raw/undercooked meat.
- Incurable and crippling disease, former president of the United States was infected with this disease.
- Disease spreaded by an infected cat licking an open wound, or bites/scratches a person hard enough to draw blood.
- Referenced in Deuteronomy 24:8.
- Symptoms can be confused with apendicitus.
- Electronic malfunctions in the brain cause recurring seizures.
- Caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or other dairy products.
- Caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.
20 Clues: Disease transmitted by ticks. • Common mosquito-borne illness. • Referenced in Deuteronomy 24:8. • More commonly known as "Measles". • More commonly known as "Ringworm". • Symptoms can be confused with apendicitus. • Bacterium responsible for the Black Death. • Skeletal disease caused by calcium defeciency. • Caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. • ...
Electrolytes 2017-09-30
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- and Purcell / Colorimetric method for Potassium determination
- / Decrease serum Cl-
- / Methods for Chloride also measures _______
- / Two - thirds of the total body water (24 liters)
- Complexone Dyes / Colorimetric method for Calcium determination
- / One third of the total body water (16 liters)
- / Decrease serum Na
- / Increase serum Na
- Subbarow Method / Also known as Ammonium molybdate method
- / Decrease serum K
- / Major component of the buffering system of blood
- / Major intracellular cation
- phosphorus / Inversely related to Ca
- / Can increase K levels by 0.5 mmol/L
- / Sodium
- / Major extracellular anion
- / Where CA is maximally absorbed as it is favored at an acidic pH
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- / Potassium
- / Increase serum K
- gap / Difference between the unmeasured cation and unmeasured anions
- / Increase serum Cl-
- Lein / Colorimetric method for Sodium determination
- - Decreases phosphate by renal excretion
- / Ions capable of carrying an electric charge
- / Hormone affecting sodium levels
- / Involved in coagulation, enzyme activity, excitability of skeletal and cardiac muscle and maintenance of blood pressure
- / Is an intracellular cation second in abundance to K
- / Major extracellular cation
- / Most abundant form of Calcium
29 Clues: / Sodium • / Potassium • / Increase serum K • / Increase serum Na • / Decrease serum K • / Increase serum Cl- • / Decrease serum Cl- • / Decrease serum Na • / Major extracellular anion • / Major intracellular cation • / Major extracellular cation • / Most abundant form of Calcium • / Hormone affecting sodium levels • phosphorus / Inversely related to Ca • ...
phylum porifera 2023-09-13
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- The bath sponge belongs to which phylum
- The evolution of porifera from protozoan is evidence by the animals like
- The Food captured by Choanocytes is moved via ______
- The Excretory material in sponges is
- In porifera,Gametes are released via
- Which of the following cells help to pump water in and out of the sponge?
- In poriferans main large exit of porifera
- This is a flagellated larva of Leucosoleniav
- The sponge are over-harvested in
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- The beating of the flagellum draws food to the outside of the mucus-covered ___ of the collar.
- In Porifera, sperms enter choanocytes and lose __ .
- which type of canal system of hyaloonemma
- The organisms body which belongs to phylum Porifera has endoskeleton which is made up of
- In poriferans shows which level of organisation
- The large inner chamber in many sponges
- In poriferans the main matrix of sponge
- In Phylum Porifera organisms are multicellular and bears
- The skeletal element porifera's animal consist of
- The choanocytes or amoebocytes are transformed into
- The feeding in sponges takes place through
20 Clues: The sponge are over-harvested in • The Excretory material in sponges is • In porifera,Gametes are released via • The bath sponge belongs to which phylum • The large inner chamber in many sponges • In poriferans the main matrix of sponge • which type of canal system of hyaloonemma • In poriferans main large exit of porifera • The feeding in sponges takes place through • ...
CV Physiology 2023-10-15
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- contraction of the heart
- the heart prefers this substrate over glucose
- these receive and store blood while the ventricles are contracting
- these allow for unidirectional blood flow in the venous system
- these types of valves prevent backflow of blood into ventricles
- volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of filling (abbr.)
- these types of valves prevent backflow of blood into atria
- part of the ECG that represents ventricular depolarization
- relaxation of the heart
- where APs originate in the heart
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- time interval where normal cardiac impulses cannot restimulate an already excited area of the heart
- pressure in the artery leading from the ventricles
- part of the ECG that represents atrial depolarization
- cardiac output = __ x __
- this phase in the cardiac action potential causes contraction to last 3-15 times longer than a skeletal muscle twitch
- where APs pause for 0.01 seconds to allow for atrial ejection
- cardiac muscle is connected by these discs
- degree of tension on the heart when ventricles begin contracting
- volume of blood during isovolumetric relaxation
- this ventricle is thicker than the other
20 Clues: relaxation of the heart • contraction of the heart • cardiac output = __ x __ • where APs originate in the heart • this ventricle is thicker than the other • cardiac muscle is connected by these discs • the heart prefers this substrate over glucose • volume of blood during isovolumetric relaxation • pressure in the artery leading from the ventricles • ...
Radiology Scheduling - Use your Notes / No spaces in between words 2023-11-22
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- Evaluates the function of your nerves
- Second Milestone-attempt to contact the claimant for questions
- Looks for problems in the Spinal Canal ONLY
- The abbreviation for Elctromyography
- These need to be checked daily - beginning and end of shift
- Work email, can be accessed by all schedulers
- Alternative Fax
- Produces imaging of internal tissues, bones, and organs
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- Mri with contrast that is injected via veins
- Used to identify the procedure that is specific to each exam
- A test that looks at blood vessels
- You will be able to access your work queue, work templates, guides and other tools to assist with working files
- Name of your trainer
- Site you can access patients files
- Produces images of organs, tissues, skeletal system using magnetic fields
- Used to classify & code all diagnoses/symptoms
- You can access Resources, Special Handling, Templates and letters
- MRI 1.5T - The T stands for
- The type of MRI machine that the entrance/tunnel is wider than standard MRI
- You can access Customer Handling, LOA requests, Services CIQ does not scheduled
20 Clues: Alternative Fax • Name of your trainer • MRI 1.5T - The T stands for • A test that looks at blood vessels • Site you can access patients files • The abbreviation for Elctromyography • Evaluates the function of your nerves • Looks for problems in the Spinal Canal ONLY • Mri with contrast that is injected via veins • Work email, can be accessed by all schedulers • ...
Chapter 11 Vocab 2024-02-20
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- a spinal cord injury can result in this
- a muscle that is found only in the heart
- a tough supportive tissue that is softer and more flexible than bone
- a type of tissue that fills the spaces in bones.
- the basic unit of the nervous system and a type of cell called
- an overstretched or torn ligament
- a pulled muscle
- a thick strand of tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone
- the ends of bonds in a joint forced out of their normal positions
- 85 percent of the brains weight comes from this
- muscles that you control to do activities
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- a bruise like injury to the brain
- between the cerebrum and the spinal cord
- a condition in which the bones become weak and can break easily
- flood of brain activity can lead to this
- bones held together at joints by strong fibrous bands
- a place were two or more bones come together
- coordinates your body's movements
- a break in a bone
- a involuntary muscle that causes movements within your body
- a automatic response to your environment
21 Clues: a pulled muscle • a break in a bone • a bruise like injury to the brain • coordinates your body's movements • an overstretched or torn ligament • a spinal cord injury can result in this • between the cerebrum and the spinal cord • flood of brain activity can lead to this • a muscle that is found only in the heart • a automatic response to your environment • ...
Bones and skeletal tissue 2024-01-21
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- formation of blood cellular components
- a rounded protuberance at the end of some bones
- a channel that is not a blood or lymphatic vessel
- your most flexible cartilage
- made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bones
- a passage, opening or communication between two cavities
- the backbone
- the small second segment of the leg of an insect
- a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues
- a natural body opening or canal
- depression commonly it refers to bones
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- a thin layer,membrane, or plate of tissue
- A long narrow depression occuring naturally on the surface of an organusm
- a large prominence on a bone usually serving for the attachment of muscles
- a connective tissue in the skeletal system
- a head is the part of an organism that usually includes the ears,brain, forehead, cheeks
- theoretical lines drawn through anatomical structures
- the shaft or central part of a long bone
- A crest is any of various anatomical features appearing as a raised point or ridge
- rope from muscle to bone
20 Clues: the backbone • rope from muscle to bone • your most flexible cartilage • a natural body opening or canal • formation of blood cellular components • depression commonly it refers to bones • the shaft or central part of a long bone • a thin layer,membrane, or plate of tissue • a connective tissue in the skeletal system • a rounded protuberance at the end of some bones • ...
Sports Injury 2023-09-01
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- Hard connective tissue forming the skeletal system
- Fracture that is incomplete (common in kids)
- Complete disassociation of two joint surfaces
- Fracture that splits the bone along its length
- Fracture that pulls a chunk of bone off
- Fracture that comes through the skin
- Fracture that does not break the skin
- Muscle of motion
- S Shaped or diagonal fracture
- Force that causes tissue to slide
- Tissue that connects muscle to bone
- Injury causing damage to the brain
- Incomplete disassociation of two joint surfaces
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- One end of the bone received sudden torsion or twisting while the other end is fixed
- Deformation of tissue into convex and concave shapes
- Fracture that occurs in a straight line, at right angles to the bone shaft
- Tissue that connects bone to bone
- Squeezing or condensing of tissue
- Three or more fragments at the fracture site
- Firm, essential non vascular connective tissue on the ends of bones
- Twisting mechanism causing rotation
- Rapid onset injury
- Stretching or lengthening injury
- Slow Insidious onset injury
- Act that damages or hurts
25 Clues: Muscle of motion • Rapid onset injury • Act that damages or hurts • Slow Insidious onset injury • S Shaped or diagonal fracture • Stretching or lengthening injury • Tissue that connects bone to bone • Squeezing or condensing of tissue • Force that causes tissue to slide • Injury causing damage to the brain • Twisting mechanism causing rotation • Tissue that connects muscle to bone • ...
Muscular Fitness Crossword 2026-04-01
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- ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert force
- two different exercises are performed back-to-back without rest
- high-efficiency workout method that rotates
- the maximum amount of weight you can lift for a single
- recovery periods between sets in a workout
- a form of exercise using external resistance—weights, bands, or body weight
- strength-training methods using one's own weight for resistance
- a type of muscle action where the muscle lengthens while under tension
- increase in skeletal muscle size and cross-sectional area
- targeted resistance training
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- gradual increase of stress placed upon the musculoskeletal system
- strength training techniques involving static muscle contractions without joint movement
- thinning, or loss of muscle tissue or organs
- the maximum amount of force a muscle can make in one effort
- a type of muscle activation where the muscle shortens while generating force
- a weight used in weightlifting that is not attached to anything
- refers to the functional stability
- A rep
- physical movements where muscles maintain constant tension
- the act of saying or doing something again
20 Clues: A rep • targeted resistance training • refers to the functional stability • recovery periods between sets in a workout • the act of saying or doing something again • high-efficiency workout method that rotates • thinning, or loss of muscle tissue or organs • ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert force • the maximum amount of weight you can lift for a single • ...
Muscular System 2025-01-30
5 Clues: The body system responsible for movement. • The tissue that connects muscles to bones. • The muscle that makes up the heart and pumps blood. • Involuntary muscles found in organs like the stomach. • Also known as skeletal muscle, these are voluntary muscles.
Catherine Dietz Unit 3 Crossword 2025-11-18
5 Clues: Deficiency in fructokinase • Location where glycogen is stored • System that secretes hormones into the blood • Glucose is oxidized to this in the absence of oxygen • What is the pathway of providing fuel to the skeletal muscle in the fasted state
Tissue 2021-08-12
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- type of tissue that contracts to bring about movement
- nonliving structure outside the connective tissue cells
- flat shaped cells that are found in multiple layers
- localized growing tissue in plants
- tissue that lines organs and help in protection, absorption and filtration
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- cells of the tissue that receives and shares impulse
- type of tissue that provides insulation
- plant tissue with intercellular spaces and perform photosynthesis
- structure on which the base of epithelial tissue rest on
- dark and light areas are called this in skeletal muscle
- voluntary muscle tissue
11 Clues: voluntary muscle tissue • localized growing tissue in plants • type of tissue that provides insulation • flat shaped cells that are found in multiple layers • cells of the tissue that receives and shares impulse • type of tissue that contracts to bring about movement • nonliving structure outside the connective tissue cells • ...
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Muscular System Vocab 2024-11-08
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- a type of muscle that act on the lining of the body's passageways and hollow internal organs.
- muscle movement that occurs without knowing.
- muscle that decrease in size and strength.
- the inflammation of a tendon
- area of discolored skin that appear after an injury, usually a blow of some kind.
- muscle that opens a joint
- result when muscles are stretched or partially torn from overexertion
- a type of muscle that is attached to bone that cause body movements.
- an inherited disorder that gradually destroys the fibers of the skeletal muscles
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- commonly occur in the abdomen as a result of straining to lift a heavy object
- the long cells that muscle is made up of.
- major muscles contain hundreds of _____________ of these fibers.
- word for striped muscle
- muscle movement that occurs under conscious control.
- a type of muscle that forms the wall of the heart.
- muscle that closes a joint
16 Clues: word for striped muscle • muscle that opens a joint • muscle that closes a joint • the inflammation of a tendon • the long cells that muscle is made up of. • muscle that decrease in size and strength. • muscle movement that occurs without knowing. • a type of muscle that forms the wall of the heart. • muscle movement that occurs under conscious control. • ...
Muscle Biology Crossword 2026-03-25
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- Specialized membrane that encloses each skeletal muscle fiber.
- Protein strand that blocks actin's binding sites until calcium arrives.
- Increase in muscle fiber size from repeated workload.
- Phase when muscle fibers return to resting length after tension stops.
- Process in which muscle fibers generate tension and shorten.
- Calcium‑binding protein that exposes actin's active sites.
- Oxygen‑storing pigment found inside muscle fibers.
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- Increased muscle tension caused by rapid, repeated stimuli.
- Tough connective tissue cord that attaches muscle to bone.
- Decline in a muscle's ability to generate force after prolonged activity
- Sustained maximal contraction from high‑frequency stimulation.
- Alternating light and dark bands visible in skeletal muscle.
- Anaerobic pathway producing ATP and lactic acid when oxygen is low.
- Decrease in muscle size due to disuse or lack of stimulation.
- Protein filament that slides past myosin to shorten a muscle fiber.
- Cytoplasm of a muscle cell that stores glycogen, myoglobin, and organelles.
16 Clues: Oxygen‑storing pigment found inside muscle fibers. • Increase in muscle fiber size from repeated workload. • Tough connective tissue cord that attaches muscle to bone. • Calcium‑binding protein that exposes actin's active sites. • Increased muscle tension caused by rapid, repeated stimuli. • Alternating light and dark bands visible in skeletal muscle. • ...
Body Coordination 2022-02-22
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- Neurons found within the central nervous system. They process and integrate incoming sensory information, and relay outgoing motor information. They send information BETWEEN sensory neurons and motor neurons.
- A reaction or change in an organism, either physiological or behavioural, as a result of a stimulus.
- Nervous System (PNS): All the nerves that do not form the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord): sensory receptors, sensory neurons and motor neurons.
- neurons: Sensory neurons gather information from the sensory receptors (senses) and send this sensory information as impulses TOWARDS the central nervous system.
- Sheath: Around the axon of a neuron, an insulating coat of cell membrane.
- Cord: Part of the central nervous system that is below the brain and enclosed within vertebra.
- A rapid, unconscious reaction to a stimulus, mediated by the spinal cord or lower brain.
- arc: A rapid response which automatically follows a stimulus, involving only a small number of neurons. It is composed of a receptor cell, a sensory neuron, an interneuron (relay neuron) in the spinal cord, and a motor neuron, which carries the message to the effector.
- The enlarged part of the CNS which is encased within the cranium of the skull, where information is processed and integrated.
- nervous system: The brain and the spinal cord
- Nervous System: Division of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that contains all sensory neurons, and motor neurons to skeletal muscles.
- A molecule that is released from the synaptic terminal of a neuron at a synapse, diffuses across the synaptic cleft, and binds to the cell on the other side, triggering a response.
- Junction between two neurons or a junction between neurons and receptor or effector cells.
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- Sacs in the axon terminal that contain neurotransmitters, able to fuse with the membrane of the axon terminal in order to release their contents into the synaptic cleft.
- neurons: Motor neurons send information AWAY from the central nervous system to effector muscles, glands and other organs (effectors).
- Many individual neurons group together into a single structure.
- Any change in the environment of an organism that is detected by a receptor and provokes a response in the organism
- Long, threadlike part of a neuron which conducts impulses AWAY from the soma (cell body).
- terminals: The many fibres that the terminal end of an axon branches into. The end of the neuron where the electrical nerve impulse finishes prior to the synapse.
- A cell or group of cells that receives stimuli
- (cell body): The cell body of the neuron that processes input from the dendrites; contains the nucleus.
- A nerve cell; an elongated branched cell that carries electrical messages, called nerve impulses, from one part of the body to another at high speed
- Short, branching terminals that receive nerve impulses from other neurons or sensory receptors, and relay the impulse TOWARD the cell body.
- nervous system: Branch of the peripheral nervous system which is involuntary and regulates internal processes without our awareness. Consists of the sympathetic and parasympathetic
24 Clues: nervous system: The brain and the spinal cord • A cell or group of cells that receives stimuli • Many individual neurons group together into a single structure. • Sheath: Around the axon of a neuron, an insulating coat of cell membrane. • A rapid, unconscious reaction to a stimulus, mediated by the spinal cord or lower brain. • ...
Nervous System 2021-02-05
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- receives signals from the retina of the eye; forms a "mental picture".
- part of frontal lobe; control of skeletal muscles and precise control over certain parts of the body.
- protected by vertebrae bones.
- electrical connections of the body, transmit signals.
- encephal.
- control over the organs of the body.
- signal to muscles.
- sensory & neural functions/voluntary activity.
- cortex.
- cerebro.
- processes sounds and contains the auditory cortex for receiving/interpreting impulses from the ear; medial portion is responsible for sense of smell.
- chorio.
- auto.
- part of the parietal lobe; impulses such as touch, pain, and temperature are interpreted.
- pass signals between other
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- impulses from touch, pain, and temperature are received.
- receive sensory signals.
- brain & spinal cord.
- involuntary actions.
- gyro.
- 3 layers surrounding the brain; allows for entry/exit of blood vessels, and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid.
- motor control, coordination of sensory information, and balance.
- 2 hemispheres, seperated by a fissure.
- large anterior portion; responsible for control of skeletal muscles, thoughts, and speech.
- body nerves.
- neuro.
- soma.
- ocul/optic.
28 Clues: gyro. • auto. • soma. • neuro. • cortex. • chorio. • cerebro. • encephal. • ocul/optic. • body nerves. • signal to muscles. • brain & spinal cord. • involuntary actions. • receive sensory signals. • pass signals between other • protected by vertebrae bones. • control over the organs of the body. • 2 hemispheres, seperated by a fissure. • sensory & neural functions/voluntary activity. • ...
ch. 7 2017-11-04
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- When an organ protrudes through a weak muscle.
- Muscles: Special circular muscles in openings between the esophagus and stomach.
- Muscles: Cells are small and spindle-shaped.
- Help steady a movement or stabilize joint activity
- Muscles: Only found in the heart.
- Muscles: Attached to the bones of the skeleton.
- Retraining of injured or unused muscles.
- The ability to return to original length when relaxing.
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- Fatigue: An accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles.
- Muscles that are shrinked.
- Reduces the distance between parts and its contents, or space it surrounds
- When tension in a muscle increases but the muscle does not shorten.
- A general sense of comfort and well-being to a patient.
- The ability to respond to certain stimuli.
- Sustained contraction of the muscle.
- Unit: A motor unit plus all the skeletal muscle fibers it simulates.
- Goes the opposite direction.
- Capacity to do work, increased by proper training.
- Gravis: Grave muscle weakness
- Part that moves most during a muscle contraction.
- Muscle pain.
- Central body of muscles.
22 Clues: Muscle pain. • Central body of muscles. • Muscles that are shrinked. • Goes the opposite direction. • Gravis: Grave muscle weakness • Muscles: Only found in the heart. • Sustained contraction of the muscle. • Retraining of injured or unused muscles. • The ability to respond to certain stimuli. • Muscles: Cells are small and spindle-shaped. • ...
MUSCULAR SYSTEM 2011-11-13
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- muscle wasting due to disuse
- movement away from the midline
- connects muscle to bone
- connective tissue wrapping
- pain in the muscle fibers
- bad development
- increases the angle beyond the normal anatomical position
- referring to a motor nerve or pathway
- the abbreviation for rest, ice compression and elevation
- energy currency of the body
- function without concious thought or control
- overdevelopment
- muscle type found in the heart
- movement towards the midline
- the ability to resume resting length after being stretched
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- difficulty speaking or talking
- muscle type which provides involutary body movement
- the study of movement
- referring to a sensory nerve or pathway
- neurotransmitter that stimulates skeletal muscle
- muscle weakness
- surgical repair of the tendon
- the ability to shorten forcibly
- connective tissue wrapping around each muscle fiber
- aids the agonist by promotion of the same movement
- half paralyzed
- rapid heart beat
- sudden invountary contraction of a muscle
- to walk
- inflammation of the tendon
- involuntary muscle found in the digestive tract
31 Clues: to walk • half paralyzed • muscle weakness • bad development • overdevelopment • rapid heart beat • the study of movement • connects muscle to bone • pain in the muscle fibers • connective tissue wrapping • inflammation of the tendon • energy currency of the body • muscle wasting due to disuse • movement towards the midline • surgical repair of the tendon • difficulty speaking or talking • ...
Muscular System 2014-01-27
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- tumor composed of muscle tissue
- prolongeduscular spasm
- condition in which the neck muscles contract involuntarily, commonly known as wryneck
- technique for recording electrical changes in muscle tissue
- condition of great resistance to the stretch of a muscle
- group of inherited disorders in which deficiency of cytoskeletal protein collapses muscle cells, leading to progressive loss of function
- pain from any muscular diseases or disorder
- loss of ability to move a body par
- inflammation of fibrous connective tissues, especially in the muscle fascia.
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- inflammation of skeletal muscle tissue
- any muscular disease
- series of involuntary contractions of various voluntary muscles
- cutting of muscle tissue
- study of muscles
- chronic disease in which muscles are weak and easily fatigued because of malfunctioning neuromuscular junctions
- spontaneous contractions of individual muscle fibers, producing rapid and uncoordinated activity within muscle
- degenerative disease in which fibrous connective tissue replaces skeletal muscle tissue
- persistent quivering of a muscle
- soreness on the front of the leg due to straining the flexor or digitorum longus
- partial or slight paralysis of muscles
20 Clues: study of muscles • any muscular disease • prolongeduscular spasm • cutting of muscle tissue • tumor composed of muscle tissue • persistent quivering of a muscle • loss of ability to move a body par • inflammation of skeletal muscle tissue • partial or slight paralysis of muscles • pain from any muscular diseases or disorder • ...
Muscular System Review | Anthony Thompson 2024-04-30
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- Gap between the neuron and the motor end plate
- Neurotransmitter that crosses the synaptic gap; causes muscle contraction
- Folded area of the sarcolemma where the muscle and neuron communicate
- Plasma membrane of a muscle cell
- Influx of calcium in a diseased body, causing muscles to become stiff
- Thin, light myofilament
- Myopathic condition that causes cholinesterase not to break down Acetylcholine
- Organized bundles of fibers are known as
- Organelle that produces ATP as a result of Cellular respiration
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- Enlargement of a muscle
- Area in a sarcomere where thick and thin filaments overlap
- Neuromuscular blocking agent that produces flaccidity in a skeletal muscle
- Involuntary, uninucleated, striated muscle that is also known as the myocardium
- A muscle under conscious control is called an _________ muscle
- Involuntary, uninucleated, Non-striated muscle that is found in the walls of organs
- Membrane that surrounds an entire muscle
- Thick, dark myofilament
- Voluntary, multinucleated, striated muscle that attaches to bones to produce movement
- Collagen tissue that attaches muscle to bone
- A single muscle cell is called a ______
20 Clues: Enlargement of a muscle • Thick, dark myofilament • Thin, light myofilament • Plasma membrane of a muscle cell • A single muscle cell is called a ______ • Membrane that surrounds an entire muscle • Organized bundles of fibers are known as • Collagen tissue that attaches muscle to bone • Gap between the neuron and the motor end plate • ...
Muscle Crossword Puzzle Review 2024-04-30
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- the "peacemaker" cells of our heart; specialized grouping of cells in our heart
- causes cholinesterase to not break down the acetylcholine in the synapse; this results in a person's muscles contracting and not relaxing
- thick filaments
- ___ muscle - Multinucleated
- ___ muscle - Non-Striated, involuntary, single nucleus, long weak contractions
- excessive stretching and possible tearing of the muscle or tendon
- ___ muscle - Striated, involuntary, single nucleus
- Membrane that each muscle cell/fiber is surrounded by
- ___ tissue - able to shorten and pull on its attachment points; causes movement
- another name for the plasma membrane of muscle cells
- membrane that each muscle is surrounded by
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- ___ junction - where a nerve and muscle fiber/cell come together
- attach muscle to bone
- gap between the neuron and motor end plate
- enzyme that breaks down ACH
- muscle disorders arise from abnormalities that affect the muscle's structure or metabolism; some are inherited while others are acquired
- thin filaments
- ___ tissue - a collection of cells that are excitable
- fibers organized into bundles inside the skeletal muscle
- membrane that fascicles are surrounded by
20 Clues: thin filaments • thick filaments • attach muscle to bone • enzyme that breaks down ACH • ___ muscle - Multinucleated • membrane that fascicles are surrounded by • gap between the neuron and motor end plate • membrane that each muscle is surrounded by • ___ muscle - Striated, involuntary, single nucleus • another name for the plasma membrane of muscle cells • ...
