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Skeletal System
The bones of the body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thick band of tissue that attaches bones to muscles | tendon |
| hard outer bone surface | compact bone |
| any place where 2 or more bones come together; can be movable or immovable | joint |
| helps make red and white blood cells | marrow |
| bones that don't hang | axial |
| porous with blood vessels and nerves | spongy bone |
| a break in bone or cartilage | fracture |
| tough band of tissue that holds bones together at joints | ligament |
| tough tight fitting membrane that covers a bone's surface and contains blood vessels that support nutrients into the bone | periosteum |
| supported framework of bone or cartilage that provides and internal place for a muscle attachment and prtects a vertabrae's eternal organs | endoskeleton |
| main pathway for info connecting the brain and peripheral system | spinal cord |
| tough, flexible tissure that joins vertabrae and makes up all or part of the vertabrae skeleton | cartilage |
| thick hard outercovering that protects and supports arthroped bodies and prvides places for muscles to attach | exoskeleton |
| bones that hang down | appendicular |
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