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holes anatomy skeletal system on structure development function

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Why is it important to maintain blood calcium levels?   Important to muscle contractions, nerve impulse conduction, blood clotting, and other physiological processes  
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Hematopoiesis   process of blood formation  
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What are the four components of levers?   a rigid bar/rod, a fulcrum/pivot on which the bar turns, an object that is moved against resistence, force that supplies energy to move the bar  
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Endrochondral Bones   Begins as hyaline cartilage that are later replaced by bone tissues (fetus)  
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Intermembranous Bones   originate between sheet-like layers of connective tissues that osteoblasts and osetoclasts  
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Periosteum   outer covering of the entire bone; helps form and repair bone tissue  
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Central Canal   contains smaller blood vessels and nerve fibers that communicate with the surface of the bone and the medullary cavity  
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Sesamoid Bone   embedded within tendons adjacent to joints (patella)  
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Irregular Bones   Usually connected to several other bones (vertebrae/backbone & many facial bones)  
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Flat Bones   Plate-like structures with broad surface (ribs, scapulae, some bones of the skull)  
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Short Bones   Cube-like; length/width roughly equal ( wrists & ankles)  
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Long Bones   Long longitudinal axes & expanded ends (forearm & thigh bone)  
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Covers the Lungs   Pleural  
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Covers the heart   Pericardial  
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Covers the abdominal   Peritoneal  
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What is the function of Red Marrow?   formation of red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukosytes), and blood platelates  
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