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BONES,MUSCLES,SKIN
Question | Answer |
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Skeleton System | Your skeleton provides shape, support, enables you to move, protects your internal organs, produces both white and red blood cells and stores specific materials your body needs such as calcium and phosphorus. |
Vertebrae | 26 small bones that make up your backbone. |
Marrow | The soft connective tissue in the middle of the bone (Spongy Bone). |
Cartilage | Rubbery connective substance that is more flexible than bone. |
Joints | A place where two bones come together. |
Movable Joints | Allow a wide range of movement. |
Immovable joint | Allows little to no movement. |
Ball and socket joint | Allow the greatest range of movement. |
Pivot joint | Allows one bone to rotate around another one. |
Hinge joint | Allows extensive front and backwards movement. |
Gliding joint | allows one bone to slide over another. |
Fracture | Break in a bone, can occur when all your weight is placed on just a few bones. |
Ligament | A strong connective tissue that links bone to bone. |
Osteoperosis | Mineral loss leads to this disease. A condition in which the bones are weak and break easily. |