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Vocab 1
Question | Answer |
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How many bones in the body? | 206 |
What is cartilage ? | A type of connected tissue in the body. |
What is a(n) axial skeleton? | Part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate. |
What is an appendicular skeleton? | Has Pectoral girdles, left and right clavicle and scapula. Arms and forearms Left and right humerus , ulna and radius . Pelvis Left and right hip bone. |
What are ligaments? | a short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint |
What are muscles? | Fibrous tissue in a human body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body. |
What is a tendon? | Flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone. |
What is a fracture? | The breaking of a bone. |
What is dislocation? | A bone not in place. |
What is a sprain? | Twist of ligaments. |
What is a strain? | Injury by over exerting . |