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Human body week 4
Term | Definition |
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ligament | tough band of tissue that connects bones to other bones |
simple fracture | a bone that has broken into 2 pieces and has NOT broken through the skin |
compound fracture | when the broken bone breaks through the skin |
sprain | When ligaments are overstretched or torn |
joint dislocation | when a bone is out of place, commonly occur at the shoulder or hip |
voluntary muscle | muscles that you can move by choice; you can control |
involuntary muscle | muscles that you cannot move by choice; you have NO control |
smooth muscle | the kind of muscle that makes up the many organs in the body |
cardiac muscle | the kind of muscle that makes up the walls of the human heart |
skeletal muscle | the kind of muscles that connect to bones and helps move the bones in the body |