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Menanno Bones, Muscles and Skin Vocab

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Cell   The basic unit of structure and function in a living thing.  
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Cell Membrane   Forms the outside boundary of the cell  
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Nucleus   The control center that directs the cell's activities and function.  
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Cytoplasm   The material within a cell apart from the nucleus that contains organelles. It is clear and jellylike.  
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Muscle Tissue   Allows the body to move. It can contract and shorten.  
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Nervous Tissue   Cells that enable you to think, hear and see. They control all movement.  
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Connective Tissue   Provides support for your body and it connects all parts.  
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Epithelial Tissue   Protects delicate structures that lie beneath. Example is skin.  
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Organ   Structure that is composed of different kinds of tissue. It performs a specific job and is more complex than a tissue.  
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Organ System   The body has 11 organ systems.  
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Homeostasis   The process by which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes int he external environment.  
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Stress   The reaction of your body to potentially threatening, challenging or disturbing events.  
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joint   a place in the body where 2 bones come together  
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skeleton   frame work made up of all the bones in your body  
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vertebrae   the 26 small bones that make up your backbone.  
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cartilage   another type of connective tissue that is more flexible than bone  
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Compact Bone   The second layer of bone that is hard and dense but not solid.  
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Spogy bone   has many small spaces it is lightweight but strong  
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marrow   comes in two types red and yellow  
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Red Marrow   Produces most of the bodies blood cells  
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Yellow marrow   Stores fat that can be used as an energy reserve  
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osteoporosis   a condition in which the bodies bones become weak and break easily.  
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fracture   a break in a bone  
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dislocation   an injury in which a bone comes out of it's joint  
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sprain   an injury in which the ligament holding bones together are stretched too far and tear.  
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x-ray   a form of energy that travels in waves  
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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)   a method for taking images of both the bones and soft tissues of the body  
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arthritis   a disease of the joints that makes movement painful  
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arthroscope   a slim tube-shaped, surgical instrument that doctors use to diagnose a problem in a joint.  
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involuntary muscle   a muscle that is not under conscious control- heart  
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voluntary muscle   a muscle that is under conscious control, mouth  
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skeletal muscle   a muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provide the force for movement  
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tendon   strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone  
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striated muscle   a muscle that appears banded;also called skeletal muscle  
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smooth muscle   involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body  
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cardiac muscle   muscle tissue found only in the heart  
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epidermis   outer layer of skin  
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melanin   a pigment that gives skin its color  
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dermis   inner layer of skin  
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pore   an opening through which sweat reaches the surface of the skin  
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follicle   structure in the dermis of the skin from which a strand of hair grows.  
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cancer   a disease in which some body cells divide uncontrollably.  
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