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Skeletal System

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Why is the skeletal system important?   It support and protects the body, works with muscles to provide movement for the body,and produces red blood cells in bone marrow  
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What system controls movement?   Nervous System  
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Tissues are made up of   Cells  
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What is the largest bone in the body?   Femur  
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Locomotion is necessary to   obtain shelter, to find food and reproduce  
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Skeletal muscle is   striated and voluntary  
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An example of a striated muscle is   The biceps and triceps The hamstrings and quadriceps  
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What bone protects the brain   The Cranium  
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The spinal cord is protected by the   Vertebrae  
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Which 3 body systems help your body move?   Nervous, Skeletal and Muscular Systems  
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Why are joints necessary?   For movement  
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Explain how antagonistic muscle pairs work.   One muscle contracts while the other muscle relaxes and extends.  
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Cardiac Muscle makes up the   heart and is involuntary  
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Smooth muscle   is involuntary, controls blood pressure and the movement of food through the digestive tract.  
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The ball and socket joint allows for   complete circular motion  
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The levels of organization for living things from smallest to largest is   cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism  
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Before you were born, what was your skeleton in the form of   Cartilage  
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Where can you find a hinge joint?   elbows and knees  
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Where can you find a gliding joint?   wrist and ankles between vertebrae  
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Where can you find a pivot joint ?   neck  
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