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Muscular & Skeletal
U7 L1 & 2
Term | Definition |
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Cardiac Muscle | A type of muscle found in the heart and major blood vessels. |
Smooth Muscle | Muscles you can't control, also known as involuntary muscles, layered one layer behind the other. |
Skeletal Muscle | Muscles attached to the skeleton that make movement possible |
Tendons | Tough tissue that connects the muscle to the bone. |
Flexor | A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint. |
Extensor | Muscle that straightens a joint |
Skull | the bone that covers the brain |
Rib cage | bones that protect the heart and lungs |
Femur | Upper leg bone; largest bone in the body |
Pelvis | hip bone |
Vertebrae | backbone |
Clavical | bone that connects the shoulder to the rib cage; collar bone |