Musculoskeletal system Flashcards
1
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What is Musculoskeletal and how does it work?
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Includes all bones in the body and muscles that make them move. It supports the body and protect delicate organs.
2
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Bones structural feature>?
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Hard, dense, bone cells with minerals and collagen fibres
3
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Ligaments structural feature?
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Tough elastic tissue holds together bone and contains long fibres of collagen.
4
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Cartliage structural feature?
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Dense tissue found an ear, nose, and vertebrae.
5
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Muscle structural feature?
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Bundles of long cells, cause muscle fibers, which contain specialized proteins. These causes muscles to contract when signalled by nerve cells. when they contract muscles, get thicker and short