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biology terms.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skeletal system | framework of the body |
| periosteum | consists of a dense, fibrous outer layer in which muscles attach to |
| Haversian Canals | small canals containing blood vessels |
| bone marrow | a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities and cancellous part of most bones |
| cartilage | a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue |
| Ossification | the formation of or conversion into bone |
| joint | the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united |
| ligament | a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place |
| muscular system | All the muscles of the body collectively, especially the voluntary skeletal muscles |
| Myosin | principle protein of muscle |
| Actin | in muscle plasma and important in muscle contraction |
| tendon | a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part |
| Integumentary system | the skin and its appendages |
| epidermins | outer layer of skin protecting inner layer |
| digestion | the process of food breaking up |
| pharnyx | the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus |
| epiglottis | a thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx |
| esophagus | a muscular passage connecting the mouth or pharynx with the stomach in invertebrate and vertebrate animals |
| peristalsis | the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system |
| sphincter | circular band of muscles that circles hollow organs |
| stomach | a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food |
| chyme | he semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine |
| duodenum | first portion of the small intestines |
| small intestine | part of the digestive system |
| pancreas | a gland near the stomach that provides a liquid for the moving of food through the small intestine |
| liver | a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures |
| gall bladder | a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated |
| large intestine | extracts moisture from food residues, which are later excreted as faeces |
| colon | he part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum |
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