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| composed of cells that can contract |
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| moves the bones in your trunk, limbs, and face. |
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| handles body functions that you cannot control consciously, such as the movement of food through your digestive system. |
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| found in your heart, pumps blood through your body |
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| contains cells that receive and transmit messages in the form of electrical impulses |
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| speacilized to send send and receive messages throughout the body |
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| consisits of layers of cells that line or cover all internal and external body surfaces. |
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| binds, supports, and protects structures in the body |
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| an extracellular substance that gives connective tissue its strength and flexibility, can be solid, semisolid, or liquid. |
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| consits of various tissues that work together to carry out a specific function. |
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| surrounds the spinal cord |
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| the under compartment that seperates the two main cavities in the trunk |
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| contains the heart, esophagus, and organs of the respiratory system. |
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| contains organs of the digestive system |
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| the organs of the reproductive system, and excretory system |
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| the bones of the skull, ribs, spine, and sternum. |
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| the bones of the arms, legs, along with the scalpula (sholder blades), clavicle ( collarbone ), and pelvis |
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| the bones surface is covered by a tough membrane |
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| under the periosteum is a hard material know as compact bone |
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| the center of each cylinder is a narrow channel |
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| under the compact bone is a network of connective tissue |
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| soft tissue, either can be red or yellow, yellow represents fat marrow, and red represents the production of red blood cells. |
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| a crack, or a break of a bone |
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| the process by which cartilage is converted into bone. |
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| the end of long bones where elongation takes place |
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| the place where two bones meet |
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| these joints enable the body to perform a wide range of movement and activities. |
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| hold the bones of the joint in place |
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| helps protect the ends of bones from damage by friction |
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| when the immune system begins to attack body tissues |
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| a degenerative joint diease in which the cartilage covering the surface of bone becomes thinner & rougher |
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| skeletal muscle tissue is made up of elongated cells |
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| muscle fibers contain many nuclei and is crossed by light & dark stripes |
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| fibers grouped into dense bundles |
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| a muscle whose movement can be consciously controlled |
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| movements of muscle that cannot be consciously controlled |
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| skeletal muscle fiber, contains bundles of threadlike structures |
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| the most abundant protein in muscle tissue |
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| the line formed by the attachment of actin filaments between two sarcomaeres of a muscle fiber in straited muscle cells |
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| the region from on Z line to the next |
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| tough fibrous cord of connective tissue |
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| the point where the muscle attatches to the stationary bone |
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| the point where the muscle attatches to the moving bone |
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| a muscle the bends a joint |
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| a muscle that straightens a joint |
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| the physcological inability of a muscle to contract |
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| the adult human body consists of approx. 206 bones which are organized into an internal framework |
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