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| made up of the skull, vertebrae, ribs, and brest bone |
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| the tough, fibrous band of connective tissues that hold the bones together at movable joints |
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| stong bands of connective tissue that attach skeletal muscle to bone |
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| a type of flexible connectice tissue |
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| the division of the human skeneton that includes the carms, legs, pectoral girdle, and pelvic girdle. |
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| Sliding filament theory of muscle contraction |
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| the muscle fibers shorten when the actin slides over the myosin. As the overlap increases, the fiber shoters. |
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| The thiner filiments of the myofibrils |
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| The thicker filiments of the myofibrils |
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| the small fibers that are arranged in a bundle making the larger fiber |
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| a point in the skeleton where bones meet |
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| joints in which bones are tightly fitted together. example: the cranium |
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| permit back and forth motion. example: elbow or knee |
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| allow movement in all directions. example: shoulder and hip |
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| allow side to side movement and up and down movement. example: base of the skull |
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| allow some bending and twisting movements. examples: wrist or joints between vertebrae |
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| a tough membrane covering the outside of bones, except joints |
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| the soft tissue that fills the hollow spaces in bone |
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| makes red blood cells, platelets, and some types of white blood cells. found in the spongy bone of the vertebraw, ribs, breastbone, cranium, and long bones. |
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| made of fat cells and is found in the hollow center of long bones |
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| muscle that is attached to bone and is involved in lovomotion and voluntary movement; strianted muscle. They are fastened to bones of the skeleton. It is made up of bundles of muscle fibers. |
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| muscle tissue made up of individual cells, not marked by striations, and not under volentary control; involentary control. |
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| the type of muscle that is found only in the heart. Helps with contractions; involentary |
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