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Circulatory System
Vocabulary Review
The Living Environment - NYS 1.2 –
The student should be able to
describe and explain the structures
and functions of the human body at
different organizational levels (for
example, systems, tissues, cells,
organelles)
Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up! Can you guess it before it comes up?
Periosteum
Tough layer of connective tissue
surrounding a bone
?
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/08/01/health/adam/9734.jpg
Haversian canal
One of a network of tubes running through
compact bone that contains blood vessels
and nerves
?
http://www.lbl.gov/publicinfo/newscenter/features/assets/img/MSD-bone-tough/Bone-osteon.jpg
Bone Marrow
Soft tissue inside cavities within bones.
There are two types: yellow and red.
http://agreatchef.com/blog/images/boneMarrow.jpg
Cartilage
Strong connective tissue that supports the
body and is softer and more flexible than
bone.
Ossification
The process of bone formation during which
cartilage is replaced by bone
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/onlinebio/longbonegrowth1.gif
Joint
Place where one bone attaches to another
http://www.shockfamily.net/skeleton/BALLSOCK.JPG
Ligament
Strip of tough connective tissue in a joint
that holds bones together
?
http://www.ptclinic.com/medlibrary/images/v2/a27a.gif
Myosin
Protein that makes up the thick filaments in
striations in skeletal muscles
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~sjjgsca/MuscleSarcomere.gif
Actin
Protein that makes up the thin filaments in
striations in skeletal muscles
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~sjjgsca/MuscleSarcomere.gif
Acetylcholine
Neurotransmitter that diffuses across a
synapse and produces an impulse in the
cell membrane of a muscle cell
?
?
http://www.mda.org/publications/images/q13-6_nmj_lems.jpg
Tendon
Tough connective tissue that joins skeletal
muscles to bones
Epidermis
The outer layer of the skin
?
http://www.realage.com/realbeauty/img/lm/img_3lyr_skin.jpg
Keratin
A tough, fibrous protein found in the skin
?
www.kumc.edu
Melanin
Dark brown pigment found in the skin
http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2007/09/070906132823-large.jpg
Dermis
Inner most layer of the skin
?
http://www.realage.com/realbeauty/img/lm/img_3lyr_skin.jpg
Hair Follicle
Tube-like pocket of epidermal cells that
extends into the dermis
http://www.faqs.org/health/images/uchr_01_img0069.jpg
The End!