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Skeletal System Ch.2

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Vertebra   It is 26 bones that make up your vertebral column.  
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Marrow   The spaces in bone that contain a soft connecticve tissue.  
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Cartilage   Connective tissue that is more flexible than bone.  
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Joint   Allow your bones to move in different ways.  
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Moveable Joint   Theese allow the body to have a wide range of movement.  
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Ligament   Moveable Joints are held together by a strong connective.  
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Osteoperosis   Minberal loss can lead to this condition which can cause your bones to become weak and they can break easily.  
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Fracture   This type of a break in a bone can occur when you fall so that your weight is placed on only a few bones.  
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Sprain   This occurs when the ligaments are stretched to far and tear in different areas.  
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Dislocation   This occurs when a bone comes out of it's joint.  
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X-Ray   Theese determine whether a bone is broken or not.  
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Magnetic Resonace Imaging (MRI)   In 1970 a new method for taking clear images of both bones and soft tissues.  
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Involuntary Muscles   Are responsible for activities such as breathing and digesting food.  
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Voluntary Muscles   Theese muscles are under control and they control and they control smiling,turning a page in a book, and getting out of your chair when the bell rings  
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Sketletal Muscle   Control your skeletal system and are attached to your bones in your body.  
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Tendon   Strong connective tissue that attaches bone muscle to bone.  
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Cardiac Muscle   This type of muscle have characteristics in commmon with smooth muscle and skeletal muscle. This muscle is involuntary.  
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Skin   Covers the body and prevents the loss of water. It also helps regulate the body temperature and helps protect your body from infection and injury. It also eleimanates wastes.  
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Epidermis   The outermost layer of the skin nad it is very thin.  
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Melanin   A pigment or colored substance that gives skin it's color.  
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Pores   Swet glands produve perspiration, which reaches the surface through openings.  
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Follicles   Strands of hair grow within the dermis in structures.  
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Acne   A bacterial infection that can be difficult to control.  
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