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| the smooth, slippery tissue at the ends of the bones to reduce friction |
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| any place two or more come together |
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| the tough band of tissue that holdds joints together |
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| the tough, fiborous, tightfitting membrane surrounding the bones; contains blood vessels and nutrients used in bone growth and repair. |
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| this contains all 206 bones in your body, and has five major functions |
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| the muscle found in the intestines, bladder, blood vessels, and other internal organs |
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| a muscle that moves a body |
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| a muscle found only in the heart |
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| thick bands of tissue that attach to muscles and bones |
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| a muscle, such as a leg or and arm muscle that can be controlled |
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| an organ that can relax, contract, and provide the force to mve your body parts |
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| a muscle, such as the heart muscle, that cannot be controlled |
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| a molecule that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide |
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| the liquid part of blood that carries nutrients, minerals, and oxygen cells |
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| an irregularly shaped fragment of a cell that helps clot blood |
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| the two upper chambers of the heart |
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| the two lower chambers of the heart |
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| very small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart |
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| a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart |
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| the system in which oxygen-rich blood moves to all of the organs and body tissues, except the heart and lungs, and oxygen-poor blood returns to the heart |
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| the flow of blood to and from the tissues of the heart |
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| the flow of blood through the heart to the lungs and then back to the heart |
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