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| a component of the skeletal system that provides support for the body and protects internal structures |
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| the dense fiberous material that covers the surface of bones except at the joints serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons |
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| the dense fiberous material that covers the surface of bones except at the joints serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons |
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| a soft connective tissue found in the spaces of the spongy bone |
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| founsd at the ends of the bone, has many small spaces but is hard, lightweight, and strong |
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| layer of bone beneath the membrane that is dense but not solid; small canals carrying nerves and blood vessels run through this layer |
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| a connective tissue that is more flexible than bone; made up much of your skeleton as an infant but as you grew it was replaced with hard bone |
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| a place in the body where two bones come together; can be immovable (skull) or moveable (knee) |
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| a moveable joint that is similar to the hinges on a door; allows extesive forward or backward motion (ex: knee, elbow) |
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| allow the greatest range of motion (shoulders, hips) allows you to swing freely in a circle |
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| a.k.a. "immovable joint" - bone connections that allow little or no movement, such as the joints connecting the various parts of the skull and those connecting your ribs to your sternum. |
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| allows one bone to slide over another (wrists, ankles) |
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| allows one bone to rotate around another (neck) |
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| a bone such as the femur with a long sylindrical shaft containing compact bone and marrow |
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| a bone whose dimensions are approximately equal, consisting of a layer of cortical substance enclosing the spongy substance and marrow, such as the bones in your fingers and toes |
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| a bone having a thin, flattened shape (such as the scapula, skull, jaw, pelvis, or ribs) |
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