2 Vocab - Skeletal System

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Bones

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Provide resting ground for muscles and protection of vital organs

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Skeletal System

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Bodys framework composed of bones and joints

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Joints

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Junction of bones, muscles, and connective tissue at which movement occurs.
Also known as an articulation

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Axial skeleton

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Portion of skeletal system that consists of skull, rib cage, and vertebral column

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Appendicular skeleton

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Portion of skeletal system includes upper and lower extremities

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Remodeling

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Process of resorption and formation of bone

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Osteoclasts

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A type of bone cell that removes bone tissue

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Osteoblasts

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Type of cell that is responsible for bone information

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Epiphysis

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End of long bones, mainly composed of cancellous bone, house much of red marrow involved in red blood cell production.
They are one of the primary sites for bone growth

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Diaphysis

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Shaft portion of a long bone

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Epiphyseal plate

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Region of long bone connecting the diaphysis to the epiphysis. It is a later of subdividing cartilaginous cells in which growth in length if the diaphysis occurs

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Periosteum

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Dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all bone, except that if the articulating surfaces in joints, which are covered by a synovial membrane

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Medullar cavity

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The central cavity of bone shafts where marrow is stored

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Articular cartilage

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Cartilage that covers the articular surfaces of bones

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Depressions

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Flattened of indented portions of bone, which can be muscle attachment sites

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Process

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Projections protruding from the bone where muscles, tendons, and ligaments can attach

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Vertebral column

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Series of irregularly shaped bones called vertebrae that houses the spinal cord

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Arthrokinematics

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Joint motion

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Synovial joints

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Joints that are held together by a joint capsule and ligaments and are most associated with movement in the body

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Nonsynovial joints

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Joints that do not have a joint cavity, connective tissue, or cartilage

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Ligament

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Primary connective tissue that connects bones together and provides stability, input to the nervous system, guidance, and limitation of improper joint movement