Musculoskeletal System/Human Sexuality

What 6 features of the body is the musculoskeletal system part of?

muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, cartilage

Muscles can be found between what?

bones

How many skeletal muscles are there?

630

What connects our muscles to the bone?

tendons

What connects bones to bones

ligaments

what are joints

where 2 or more bones meet

Examples of joints

ball and socket, hinge

what are synovial joints

fully movable joints with a pocket of fluid that reduces friction

what do joints allow our bodies to do

move and bend

what is the primary role of the musculoskeletal system

provides support to the body and movement

what does the skeletal system do

framework for body, protection for organs, movement

how many bones are in the human body

206

what would happen if we didn’t have our skeletal system

we would be a pile of mush and wouldn’t be able to move

sperm

male gamete

testosterone

male sex hormone

testes

two small glands that produce testosterone and sperm

scrotum

external reproduction organs

endocrine system

body system of several glands that produce and secrete hormones

eggs

female gametes

ovaries

female sex glands that store ova, or eggs, and produce sex hormones

Fallopian tubes

pair of tubes with finger-like projections that draw in ovum

uterus

hollow, muscular, pear-shaped organ that nourishes and protects fertilized ovum until birth

cervix

opening to uterus

conception

when sperm and egg successfully join together

zygote

completely fertilized egg

embryo

developing human from fertilization through the first 8 weeks of development