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skeletal muscles   attached to bones, striated, voluntary  
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cardiac muscles   composes the heart, striated, involuntary, contains intercalated discs  
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smooth muscle   involuntary, lines body cavity, visceral, non striated, tapered fibers  
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isotonic   muscles change length, becoming shorter or longer  
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isometric   no movement, but a change in tension  
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epiphyseal line   shows growth/end of growth  
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synovial fluid   found between joints  
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intercostal space   space between the ribs  
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pectoral girdle   shoulder blade and clavicle  
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closed fracture   doesn't pierce the skin  
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compound fracture   pierces the skin  
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incomplete fracture   green stick, hairline fracture  
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dislocation   joint dislocates from socket, sublaxation  
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comminuted   many fragments of bone broken off  
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atrophy   wasting away of muscle  
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sprain   twisted ankle  
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strain   over exertion of muscle  
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myosin   thick microfilaments  
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actin   thin microfilaments  
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sacrameer   unit that helps muscles contract  
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flexion   movement that makes angle of conjoined bone smaller  
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pagets disease   bone regrowth  
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diarthrosis   freemoving joints  
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synarthrosis   slight movement  
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5 functions of the skeletal system   1) support 2) protection 3) movement 4) storage 5) hematopoiesis  
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