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glands and tissues that cover interior and exterior body surfaces

provides support for the body surfaces

"keeping things in balance"; process of the body trying to maintain a controlled, stable enviornment

the process in which a stimulus produces a response that opposes the original stimulus

soft tissue within bone cavities

connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of an embryo

supports the central axis of the body; consists of the skull, veterbral column and rib cage

consist of the bones of the arms. legs. pelvis and shoulder area

hold bones together in a joint and are attached to the membranes that surround bones

join skeletal muscles to bones by tough connective tissues; attatched in such a way that they pull on the bones and make them work like levers

attatched to bones, responsible for voulantary movements, consciously controlled by the central nervous system; large, have many nuclei

not under voulantary control, spindle shaped, has one nucleus, isn;t straines, found in the walls of hollow structures such as the stomach, blood vessels and intestines, move food through circulatory system

found in the heart, strained, has one or two nuclei, usually not under direct control of the central nercous stsytem; connected by gap junctions

the point of contact between a motor neuron and a skeletal muscle cell

neurotransmitter released by the pockets in the axon terminals of the motor neuron

outter layer of the skin

tubelike pockets of epidermal cells that extend into the dermis; where hair is produced

inner layer of the skin, lies beneath the epidermis and contains collagen fibers, blood vessels, nerve endings, glands, sensory receptors, smooth muscles and hair folicles

cells that transmit impulses carried by the nervous system

insulating membrane that surrounds the axon

electrical charge across the cell membrane of a neuron in its resting state

reversal of changes, from negative to positive, also known as a nerve impulse

location at which a neuron can transfer an impulse to another cell

chemicals used by a neuron to transmit an impulse across a synapse to another cell

consists of the brain and spinal cord

lies outside of the central nervous system, consists of the nerves and associated cells that are not part of the brain and spinal cord

connective tassue that wraps around the brain and spinal cord

control center for recognition and analysis of hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature; controls the coordination of the nervous and endocrine systems

recieves messages from all of the sensory receptors throughout the body and then relays the information to the proper region of the cerebrum for further processing

pathway that an impulse travels from foot to the back of your lef; includes a sensory receotirk sensory neuron, motor neuron, and effector