Anatomy Spring 2025

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Across
  1. 2. part of the midbrain that houses visual and auditory reflex centers
  2. 3. myelinated brain and spinal tissue
  3. 5. type of contraction in which the muscle doesn't actually shorten
  4. 7. a neuron and all of the skeletal muscles it stimulates
  5. 8. also known as vasopressin
  6. 12. "emotional" classification system of the nervous system
  7. 13. hormone produced by the thymus
  8. 20. tissue type that composes the heart
  9. 21. part of the brain responsible for maintaining balance
  10. 22. neuroglia that form the myelin sheath in the CNS
  11. 25. involuntary nervous system
  12. 26. gland, the "master" endocrine gland
  13. 29. term for a neuron in the resting state
  14. 31. muscle movement where the palms are facing upward or anteriorly
  15. 32. layer of connective tissue that wraps around a muscle fascicle
  16. 35. the brain and spinal cord
  17. 37. connective tissue tract the connects the cerebral hemispheres
  18. 38. a smooth sustained contraction with no evidence of relaxation
Down
  1. 1. neurotransmitter released from axon terminals to trigger muscle contraction
  2. 4. characterized by bronze skin color
  3. 6. the target organ of TSH
  4. 9. an enlargement of the thyroid
  5. 10. the raised ridges of the cerebrum
  6. 11. the ability to shorten (a property of muscle cells)
  7. 14. motion involving decreasing the angle of a joint
  8. 15. contractile unit of a muscle fiber
  9. 16. chemical messengers
  10. 17. characterized by a "buffalo hump"
  11. 18. point of muscle attachment to the immovable or less movable bone
  12. 19. blood's liquid matrix
  13. 23. support cells of the nervous system
  14. 24. division of the ANS that is used to "rest and digest"
  15. 26. composed of cranial and spinal nerves
  16. 27. number of cranial nerves
  17. 28. cell membrane of a muscle fiber
  18. 30. cardinal signs include polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia
  19. 32. organ belonging to both the digestive and endocrine system
  20. 33. hormone that lowers blood glucose
  21. 34. a structural neuron with many processes
  22. 36. another term for voluntary