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skeletal and muscular

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Abduction   movement of a body part away from the midline  
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Adduction   movement of body part toward the midline  
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Articular cartilage   hyaline cartilage that covers ends of bones in synovial joints  
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Circumduction   movement of a body part, such as a limb, so that the end follows a circular path  
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Compact bone   dense tissue in which cells are organized in osteons (haversian system) with no spaces  
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Condyle   a rounded process of a bone, usually forming a joint  
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Crest   a ridgelike projection of a bone  
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Diaphysis   the shaft of a long bone  
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Endochondral bones   bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is subsequently replaced by bone tissue  
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Endosteum   tissue lining the medullary cavity within a bone  
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Epicondyle   a projection of bone above a condyle  
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Epiphyseal plate   cartilaginous layer within the long bone epiphysis that grows  
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Epiphyses   the end of a long bone  
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Extension   movement increasing the angle between parts at a joint  
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Flexion   bending at a joint that decreases the angle between bones  
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Fontanel   membranous region between certain cranial bones in the skull of a fetus or infant  
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Foramen   an opening, usually in a bone or membrane  
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Hematopoiesis   the production of blood cells from dividing stem and progenitor cells  
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Intramembranous bones   bone that forms from membrane like layers of primitive connective tissues  
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Marrow   connective tissue in spaces within bones that includes blood-forming stem and progenitor cells  
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Medullary cavity   a cavity containing marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone  
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Osteoclasts   a cell that erodes bone  
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Osteocytes   a mature bone cell  
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Osteoblasts   a bone-forming cell  
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Periosteum   a fibrous connective tissue covering on the surface of a bone  
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Process   a prominent bone projection  
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Pronation   turning the palm of the hand downward while the forearm is parallel to the ground  
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Protraction   a forward movement of a body part  
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Retraction   movement of a part toward the back  
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Rotation   movement turning a body part on its longitudinal axis  
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Sinus   a cavity or space in a bone, or other body part  
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Spongy bone   bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces; cancellous boneGG  
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Supination   turning the palm of the hand upward while the forearm is parallel to the ground  
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Suture   an immovable joint  
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Actin   contractile protein found in the thin myofilaments of skeletal muscle  
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All or None   when stimulated, a muscle fiber will contract fully or not at all; whether a contraction occurs depends on whether the stimulus reaches the required threshold  
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Antagonist   those having opposing actions; for example, muscles that flex the upper arm are antagonists to muscles that extend it  
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Aponeuroses   broad fibrous sheets of connective tissue  
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Atrophy   wasting away of tissue  
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Bursa   saclike, fluid-filled structure, lined with synovial membrane,near a joint  
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Hypertrophy   increase in size, structure, or function  
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Isometric   type of muscle contraction in which muscle does not shorten, no movement  
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Isotonic   of the same tension or pressure, movement  
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Sacromere   contractile unit of muscle; length of a myofibril between two Z bands  
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Synergist   muscle that assist the prime mover  
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Tenosynovitis   inflammation of the tendon sheath  
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