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What is a fiber that is often wider in size and known particularly for strength?

A

Collagen.

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Tendons are an example of what connective tissue?

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Dense.

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What cartilage would be found in the framework of our outer ears?

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Elastic.

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What is the greatest amount of component in our blood?

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Plasma.

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What muscle tissue is actually multi-nucleated?

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Skeletal.

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What body cavity refers to the back?

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Dorsal.

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What cavity will enclose the bladder and rectum?

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Pelvic.

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What membrane will line the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

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Serous.

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What region of the skin will contain collagen and elastic fibers as well as blood vessels?

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Dermis.

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What encloses long bones?

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Periosteum.

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What region of long bones is where lots of trabeculae are found and red bone marrow?

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Epiphysis.

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What region within osteons is where one finds osteocytes as well as cartilage?

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Lacunae.

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What region within osteons that is hard plates with calcium salts?

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Lamellae.

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What cartilage is found on vertebral disks?

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Fibrocartilage.

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What cells break down bone tissue?

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Osteoclasts.

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What is the opening at the base of the cranium?

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Foramen magnum.

17
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What bone doesn’t articulate with any other bone?

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Hyoid.

18
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Joints are found with bones, but which type is unmovable?

A

Fibrous.

19
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Bursae are found at which type of joint?

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Synovial.

20
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What joint allows for rotational movement?

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Pivot.

21
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What stores calcium which is needed for muscle contraction?

A

Sarcoplasmic reticulum.

22
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What attaches to the Z line of the sacromere?

A

Actin.

23
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What has a globular head and has golf club like protrusions, makes a cross bridge.

A

Myosin.

24
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What disorder is really an autoimmune disease?

A

Rheumatoid arthritis.

25
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What disorder is genetically inherited?

A

Muscular dystrophy.

26
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Differentiate between ligaments and tendons.

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Ligaments connect bone to bone and tendons connect muscle to bone.

27
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What are four ways that muscles are named?

A

Size, shape, direction of muscle fibers, and what they do.

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