Body Systems Vocab

4. muscle Voluntary muscles attached to bones that allow for conscious movement within limbs, such as walking or running.
6. cord The bundle of nerves that extends from the brain down the back and is protected by the vertebrae.
10. A specialized nerve cell that carries electrical messages, or impulses, throughout the body giving messages.
11. A flexible,elastic tissue at the ends of bones and acts as a shock absorber.
12. muscle A muscle that you can control and move by choice, like the muscles in your arms and legs.
13. A bundle of neurons that transmits impulses.
14. The control center of the body.

1. The rigid tissue that makes up the skeleton of the human body.
2. A tissue composed of fibers that contract and relax to create movement within the body.
3. Nervous System (CNS) Composed of the brain and spinal cord, it processes and transfers information.
5. A cord of tissue that attaches muscles to the bone.
6. muscle Involuntary muscles that control movement in the internal organs, like the stomach and blood vessels.
7. A tissue that connects bones to other bones at a joint.
8. A place where two or more bones meet, and allows for movement.
9. muscle The specialized involuntary muscle found only in the heart that pumps blood to the rest of the body.