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Locomotion
Practice locomotion concepts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sessile | inability to move |
| motile | can carry out locomotion |
| major advantages of locomotion | 1. obtain food 2. find a mate 3. find a suitable place to live 4. escape enemies |
| cartilage | tough, elastic tissue to support and give flexibility to joints |
| where is cartilage located | between bones, nose, ear |
| ossification | process of cartilage becoming bone through development |
| functions of bone | support, protection, anchorage sites for muscles, movement, make blood cells |
| stores fat | yellow marrow |
| makes blood | red marrow |
| membranous covering around bone | periosteum |
| blood vessles that provide nutrients to osteocytes | Haversian canals |
| bone cells | osteocyte |
| place where two or more bones meet | joint |
| ATP causes thin filaments to move over thick filaments shortening the muscle fibers | sliding filament theory |
| shortening of muscle | contraction |
| volunary, striated, parallel fibers, attached to bone | skeletal muscle |
| involuntary, non-striated muscle found in internal organs and blood vessels | smooth |
| involuntary, striated, branched and interlocking muscle fibers that make up the heart | cardiac |