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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 Muscles | Muscles that you can move by choice; you can 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 |