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4 Musculoskeletal System Flashcards

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1
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The contraction of striated muscles that causes skeletal parts to move

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Musculoskeletal system

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2
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Where the muscle is attached by a tendon to the bone

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Origin

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Attached by a tendon to the bones that moves

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Insertion

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4
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When muscles contract and they pull and never push

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Antagonistic pairs

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Pressure of muscular contraction is applied to fluid filled body compartments

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Hydrostatic skeleton

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Found among diverse animals such as corals and molluscs

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Non jointed exoskeletons

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Composed largely of chitin

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Jointed exoskeletons

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Composed of cartilage and bone and grows with the animal

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Endoskeleton

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9
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Storage areas for calcium phosphorus

Also site of blood cell production

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The cartilage and bone tissues

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Long bone such as human humerus is split open and has a cavity at the sides

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Compact bone

And at the end (spongy bone)

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Thin layer of compact bone and layer of…….

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Cartilage

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Produces blood cells and present in spongy bone

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Red bone marrow

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13
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Far storage tissue and present on the medullary cavity

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Yellow marrow

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14
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Canal on the center of each osteon

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Central canal

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The no living material maintained by osteocytes … Contains mineral salts and protein

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Matrix

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Cavities scattered throughout the matrix which contains chondrocytes ( cells that maintain cartilage)

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Lucnae

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A material that is more flexible bc it consists primarily of protein

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Matrix

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18
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Most rigid of the connective tissues

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Compact bone

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19
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The main longitude portion of the human skeleton

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Axial skeleton

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Includes bones of the appendages and their supportive pectoral and pelvic ( shoulder and hip) girdles

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Appendicular skeleton

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21
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Compared of many small bones fused together

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Skull

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A bone case enclosing the brain and major sense organs

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Cranium

23
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The only bone of the skull not immovably fused to another

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Facial bones and the mandible

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Provides support and house the spinal cord

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Vertebral column

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Composed of many vertebrae separated from one another by intervertebral disk

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Vertebral column/ spinal cord

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Five series of vertebral column

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Cervical (neck region)
Thoracic (ribs)
Lumbar (abdominal)
Caudal/coccyx 
Sacrum
27
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Support the thoracic cavity

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Ribs

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Ribs without ventral attachment

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Floating ribs

29
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Supports upper limbs. Composed of clavicles(collar bones) and scapulae(shoulder bones)

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Pectoral girdle

30
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Large long bone of the arm

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Humerus

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The long bone of forearm

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Radius

32
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Other long bone of forearm that allows motion on only one plane

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Ulna

33
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Group of small bones forming at wrist

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Carpals

34
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Slender bones in palm

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Metacarpals

35
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Bones in fingers

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Phalanges

36
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Basal support for lower limbs and lateral half

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Coxal(hip) bone

37
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Long bone in thigh

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Femur

38
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Larger of the two large bones of leg

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Tibia

39
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Smaller of the two long leg bones

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Fibula

40
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Grp of small bones of ankle

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Tarsals

41
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Slender anterior bones of foot

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Metatarsals

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Bones of toe

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Phalanges

43
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Structures that are similar bc they’re inherited from common ancestor

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Homologous structure

44
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Muscles along with glands, they carry out order of the nervous system

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Effectors

45
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Not under conscious control and found in the walls of hollow organs

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Smooth muscular tissue

46
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Contraction is always stimulated and controlled by the nervous system

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Skeletal muscle

47
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Often attach a muscle to the far side of a joint

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Tendons

48
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Movement of jointed parts towards each other

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Flexion

49
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Movement of a part toward the midline of the body

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Addiction

50
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Movement of a part away from the midline of the body

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Abduction

51
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Large muscle on the back of the shank

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Gastrocnemius

52
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White connective tissue surrounding the fleshy middle or belly portion of the muscle

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Fascia

53
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Very large muscle on anterior surface of thigh

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Triceps femoris

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