Skeletal system

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skeletal system

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bones, joints, cartilage, various connective tissues

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muscular system

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muscles and various connective tissues

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bone

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hardest tissues in the body

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ossification

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formation of bone from fibrous tissue

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cortical bone

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hard, dense, strong bone that forms the outer layer of bone, compact bone,

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cancellous bone

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the lighter, less strong bone that is found in the ends and inner portions of long bone, provide space for bone marrow, spongy

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long bones

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consist of a shaft, two ends and a marrow cavity, femur, humerus, tibia, radius,

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short

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cube shaped bones with no marrow, carpal

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flat

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thin, flat, pelvis

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pneumatic

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sinus containing bones, frontal

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irregular

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unpaired bones, vertebrae

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sesamoid

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small bones embedded in tendon, patella

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hematopoietic

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formation of blood and blood components

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red bone marrow produces

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red blood cells, white blood cells, clotting cells

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yellow bone marrow

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fat storage

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carilage

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a form of connective tissue that is more elastic than bone

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articular cartilage

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type of cartilage that covers the joint surfaces of bones

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meniscus

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curved fibrous cartilage found in some joints

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joints

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connections between bones

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synarthroses

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immovable

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amphiarthroses

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slightly movable

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diathroses

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freely movable

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ligaments

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bands of fibrous connective tissue that connect one bone to another

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tendons

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bands of fibrous connective tissue that connect muscle to bone

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bursa

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fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to reduce friction during movement

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synovial fluids

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acts as a lubricant for joint movement

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flexion

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decreases the angle between two bones

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extension

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increases the angle between two bones

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abduction

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moves a limb away from the median plane

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adduction

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moves a limb toward the median plane

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rotation

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twists a bone its own axis

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circumduction

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moves the distal end of an appendage in a circle

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cranium

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the portion of the skull that encloses the brain

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vertebral column

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supports the head and body and provides protection for the spinal cord

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appendicular skeleton

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the framework the consists of the extremities, shoulder and pelvic girdle

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P1

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long pastern bone in livestock

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P2

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short pastern bone in livestock

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P3

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coffin bone in livestock, in small animals may be called the claw or nail

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muscles

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organs that contract to product movement

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muscle fibers

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muscles are made up on long, slender cells

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fascia

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sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscles

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aponeurosis

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fibrous sheet that gives attachment to muscular fibers and serves as a means of origin and insertion of a flat muscle

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kinesio/o, -kinesis

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movement

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anti

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against

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agon

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struggle

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syn

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together

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erg

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work

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origin

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where muscle begins

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insertion

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where muscle ends