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Major joints of the body

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What are the connections between bones called?   Joints  
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What characteristic about a joint affects how it functions?   It's shape  
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If a joint is secure and stable, it is also more mobile, true or false?   False  
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Massage on scar tissue reduces the formation of what?   keloids, adhesions  
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When fascia converts from a gels state to a sol state, does it become more or less flexible?   More  
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What 2 purposes do joints serve?   hold bones together through ligaments, allow the skeleton to change positions through the actions of muscles  
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What classification of joint has limited or absent movement?   Synarthroses  
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What classification of joint is slightly movable?   Amphiarthroses  
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What classification of joint is freely movable?   Diarthroses  
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What type of cartilage covers the epiphyses of the articulating bones?   Articular cartilage  
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What forms a sleeve around the synovial joint?   Joint capsule  
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What is the inner region of the joint caspule called?   Joint cavity  
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What membrane lines the joint cavity?   Synovial membrane  
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What sevretes synovial fluid?   Synovial Membrane  
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What fluid provides nutrition and lubrication to a joint?   synovial fluid  
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What purposes do accessory ligaments serve?   allow lightness, flexibility and added strength  
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What are collapsed saclike structures between some bones called?   Bursae  
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What fluid is within a bursa?   synovial fluid  
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What type of lever resembles a see-saw?   Class 1 lever  
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Which lever is the most common lever in the body?   Class 3 lever  
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Which lever resembles the action of a wheelbarrow?   Class 2 lever  
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Which lever is the least common lever in the body?   Class 1 levers  
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Rising up on the toes is an example of which class of levers?   Class 2 levers  
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Which lever resembles sweeping with a broom?   Class 3 levers  
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The internal and external ligament systems are for what kind of stabilization of the knee?   static  
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