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Med Terms 5
Week 5
Question | Answer |
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What does the skeletal system include? | Bones, bone marrow, joints, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. |
What does the muscular system include? | Muscles and connective tissue |
What do bones do? | Support/protect, aid in movement, form blood cells, store and release minerals, hardest tissue in body |
Meniscus | Curved fibrous cartilage found in some joints |
What does ligaments connect? | Bone to bone |
What do tendons connect? | Bone to muscle |
Bursa | Sac that cushions in an area of friction |
What does the muscular system do? | Locomotion, control of organs/tissues, pump blood, and generate heat. |
Fascia | Sheet of fibrous tissue that covers, supports, and seperates muscles |