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lesson 1

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What does the skeleton do?   provides shape and support, enables you to move, protects your organs, produces blood cells , and stores minerals and other things  
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skeleton   bones that make up your body  
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vertebrae   26 bones that make up your back bone  
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What role doe joints play?   joints allow bones to move in different ways  
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joints   place where 2 bones meet  
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immovable joints   connect bones but allow little or no movement  
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movable joints   allow body to move differently and made up of ligaments  
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ligaments   made of strong connective tissue and hold together the movable joints  
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What are the characteristics of bones?   complex living structures that grow and repair themselves and are lightweight.  
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compact bone   hard and dense but not solid, found beneath the membrane  
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spongy bone   lightweight but strong, under the compact bone  
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marrow   connective tissue  
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yellow bone marrow   found in a space in the middle of bone and stores fat  
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red bone marrow   fills the spaces in some spongy bone and produces most of blood cells  
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cartilage   strong connective tissue fore flexible then bone  
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osteoporosis   condition in which bones become weak and break easily  
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