FIBROUS joints form soft spots on a baby’s head.
The nose is formed mostly of bone. – FALSE (cartilage)
An immature bone cell found growing bone – OSTEOBLAST.
An epiphyseal plate of cartilage forms at either end of a long and is the future growth plate may grow longer. –TRUE
The Tibia of the lower leg forms the “shin bone”. –TRUE
Ligaments connect the bone to bone at places called joints. –TRUE
The lungs and heart are protected by the ribs, sternum, and vertebral column.-TRUE
A mature bone cell is called an OSTEOCYTE.
Chapter 6: Muscular
“A bands” are contained entirely within sarcomere. –TRUE
If strenuous muscle contraction continues and oxygen runs out GLYCOLYSIS WILL BEGIN AND ACCUMULATE ATP AND LACTIC ACID UNTIL MUSCLE CONTRACTION CEASES DUE TO CRAMPING.
Many muscles operate together to produce the same movement and are termed “synergists”. –TRUE
The sarcomere is considered to be the contractile unit of muscle. –TRUE
A motor unit is a motor neuron and all the muscle cells that it innervates and causes to contract. –TRUE
When a sarcomere contracts, the myosin filaments slide over the actin filaments bringing the myosin filaments closer together. –FALSE
During muscle contraction, when calcium ions bind to TROPONIN, the binding site on actin filaments is uncovered.
The insertion of a muscle is that end which during the contraction, stays relatively motionless. –FALSE
Chapter 13: Nervous System
The neuron action potential exhibits an “all or none” response. –TRUE
The pons connects the medulla to the MIDBRAIN.
MOTOR neurons take information from the brain to muscles or glands, have many dendrites and one axon.
The Limbic System is composed of: THALAMUS, HYPOTHALAMUS, AMYGDALA, and HIPPOCAMPUS.
Two hemispheres of the cerebrum are located in the FOREBRAIN.
In the disease, myasthemia gravis, the myelin sheath is destroyed causing paralysis. –FALSE
The spinal cord consists of