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Skeletal System Ch.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acetabulum | a socket in the pelvic bone where the thigh bone joins the pelvis |
| Acromion | Highest part of the shoulder where the clavicle and scapula meet |
| Articulation | A joint which binds two bones together |
| Ligaments | Connective tissue which binds bone to bone |
| Skeletal Muscles | a.k.a voluntary or striated muscles which attach to bone |
| Smooth Muscles | muscles found in visceral organs and blood vessles |
| Synovial Joints | freely moving joints |
| Tendons | connective tissue which binds muscle to bone |
| Condyle | knucklelike projection at the end of a bone |
| Diaphysis | main shaftlike portion of a bone |
| Epiphyseal Line | layer of cartilage that seperates the diaphysis from the epiphysis |
| Epiphysis | the end of a bone |
| False Ribs | Rib pairs 8 through 10. Connect to vertebrae in the back but not to the sternum in the front |
| Flat Bones | Bones that are broad and thing with flat or curved surfaces, such as the sternum |
| Floating Ribs | Rib Pairs 11 and 12 |
| Fontanelle | Space between the bones of an infants cranium; soft spots |
| Foramen | hole in a bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass |