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Skeletal System Ch.6
Question | Answer |
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Acetabulum | a socket in the pelvic bone where the thigh bone joins the pelvis |
Acromion | Highest part of the shoulder where the clavicle and scapula meet |
Articulation | A joint which binds two bones together |
Ligaments | Connective tissue which binds bone to bone |
Skeletal Muscles | a.k.a voluntary or striated muscles which attach to bone |
Smooth Muscles | muscles found in visceral organs and blood vessles |
Synovial Joints | freely moving joints |
Tendons | connective tissue which binds muscle to bone |
Condyle | knucklelike projection at the end of a bone |
Diaphysis | main shaftlike portion of a bone |
Epiphyseal Line | layer of cartilage that seperates the diaphysis from the epiphysis |
Epiphysis | the end of a bone |
False Ribs | Rib pairs 8 through 10. Connect to vertebrae in the back but not to the sternum in the front |
Flat Bones | Bones that are broad and thing with flat or curved surfaces, such as the sternum |
Floating Ribs | Rib Pairs 11 and 12 |
Fontanelle | Space between the bones of an infants cranium; soft spots |
Foramen | hole in a bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass |