Skeletal System Ch.2 Word Scramble
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Vertebra | It is 26 bones that make up your vertebral column. |
Marrow | The spaces in bone that contain a soft connecticve tissue. |
Cartilage | Connective tissue that is more flexible than bone. |
Joint | Allow your bones to move in different ways. |
Moveable Joint | Theese allow the body to have a wide range of movement. |
Ligament | Moveable Joints are held together by a strong connective. |
Osteoperosis | Minberal loss can lead to this condition which can cause your bones to become weak and they can break easily. |
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. |
Sprain | This occurs when the ligaments are stretched to far and tear in different areas. |
Dislocation | This occurs when a bone comes out of it's joint. |
X-Ray | Theese determine whether a bone is broken or not. |
Magnetic Resonace Imaging (MRI) | In 1970 a new method for taking clear images of both bones and soft tissues. |
Involuntary Muscles | Are responsible for activities such as breathing and digesting food. |
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 |
Sketletal Muscle | Control your skeletal system and are attached to your bones in your body. |
Tendon | Strong connective tissue that attaches bone muscle to bone. |
Cardiac Muscle | This type of muscle have characteristics in commmon with smooth muscle and skeletal muscle. This muscle is involuntary. |
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. |
Epidermis | The outermost layer of the skin nad it is very thin. |
Melanin | A pigment or colored substance that gives skin it's color. |
Pores | Swet glands produve perspiration, which reaches the surface through openings. |
Follicles | Strands of hair grow within the dermis in structures. |
Acne | A bacterial infection that can be difficult to control. |
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