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Allows movement in a circular path like a swivel chair
Example: NECK |
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Allows your body to move in all directions
Examples: SHOULDERS AND HIPS |
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Allows your bones to move backwards and forwards in only one direction
Examples: ELBOW AND KNEE |
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Allows your joints to move in many directions. In gliding joints your bones slide along each other
Examples: WRIST AND ANKLE |
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strong, flexible tissue that forms the skeleton of some fish.
Examples: EARS, TIP OF THE NOSE AND OTHER STRONG BUT FLEXIBLE PARTS |
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| A point where two bones meet, and which generally make movement. |
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| A sheet of band of tough, fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilage at a joint or supporting an organ. |
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| A system of the body made of the muscles and skeleton |
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| A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons help our muscles move our bones. |
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| The small bones that make up the backbone. The bumps you feel in your back are your vertebrae. |
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| The human body is made up of: cells form tissues, tissues form organs, organs form body systems, and systems work together to make our human body. |
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