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Skeletal System 33.1
33.1 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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An organ system that includes the bones and the connective tissues that holds the bones together. | Skeletal System |
The part of your skeleton that is adapted to allow the body to move. | Appenicular Skeleton |
Made up of the bones found in the trunk and head of the body. | Axial Skeleton |
The bones that surround the spinal cord. | Vertebrae |
Flexible connective tissue that is found between your bones. | Cartilage |
The place where two bones meet. | Joint |
A long, flexible band of connective tissue that connects two bones across a joint. | Ligament |
The process of creating hard bone by combining collagen and calcium phosphate. | Calcification |