FlashcardsTEAS Muscular System and Skeletal System Flashcards
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This 57-card set prepares college students for the muscular and skeletal system section of the TEAS exam. Cards cover muscle types and function, bone structure and physiology, major skeletal landmarks, joint classifications, and bone disorders like osteoporosis and osteogenesis imperfecta. Use it for nursing school entrance exam review or as a self-study reference for human anatomy fundamentals.
Terms in This Set
- What is the muscular system?
- What types of movement does the muscular system control?
- Skeletal Muscle: type, function, attachments
- Cardiac muscle: location, type, function
- Where is smooth muscle found?
- Smooth Muscle: type, strength. What does it control?
- What is a tendon? What protein makes tendons strong?
- How do muscles move bone?
- What happens to bones when muscles contract?
- What are myofibrils?
- What are sarcomeres? What proteins make up a sarcomere?
- What connects each muscle fiber to the nervous system? What molecule provides energy for muscle contraction?
- What happens during muscle relaxation and contraction? What is this called?
- How does the brain cause a muscle to move?
- What do muscle receptors do?
- What protects the brain?
- What protects the heart and lungs?
- What is the body’s central support column?
- What bone supports the tongue and does NOT connect to other bones?
- What are the major bones of the arm?
- What are the major bones of the leg?
- What bone forms the kneecap?
- What are four types of bones?
- What characterizes long bones?
- What characterizes flat bones?
- What characterizes flat bones?
- What are irregular bones?
- What is the covering of bone?
- What does the periosteum contain?
- What is compact bone?
- What is spongy bone?
- What is yellow marrow?
- What is red marrow?
- What is a growth plate?
- What is the functional unit of compact bone?
- What does the central canal contain?
- What are lacunae?
- What are osteocytes?
- What do osteoblasts do?
- What do osteoclasts do?
- What happens if osteoclast activity exceeds osteoblast activity?
- What is a joint?
- What connects bone to bone?
- What covers bone ends at joints to reduce friction?
- What is a hinge joint?
- What is a ball-and-socket joint?
- What are three main functions of the skeletal system?
- What minerals are stored in bone?
- What cells are produced in red bone marrow?
- How do skeletal muscles attach to bones?
- What happens when a muscle contracts?
- What is the prime mover (agonist) in the muscular system?
- What is the antagonist in the muscular system?
- Why must muscles work in pairs?
- What is osteoporosis?
- What is osteoarthritis?
- What causes osteogenesis imperfecta?
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