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Skeletal system Flashcards

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1
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Muscles work antagonistically to operate the joint

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Flexor and exterior

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2
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Types of joints

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Ball and socket
Pivot 
Ellipsiod
Saddle
Plane
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3
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What attaches muscle to bone

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Tendons

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4
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Attach bone to bone

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Ligament

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5
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Fluid filled body cavities that can be squeezed my muscles

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Hydrostatic

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Hardened outer surfaces to which internal muscles are attached

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Exoskeletons

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7
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Internal systems consisting of bone and cartilage to which muscles

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Endoskeletons

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__ and __ make up the internal skeleton of a human being

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Cartilage and bone

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Fibula, tibia, femur, ulna, radius, humerus

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Flat bone

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10
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Skull, ribs, sternum

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Flat bones

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11
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Vertebrae , hip bones

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Irregular

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12
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Regulate blood calcium level

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Parathyroid

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13
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It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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Calcitonin

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14
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It can also prevent weak or brittle bones

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Calcium

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15
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bone remodeling, which is an ongoing process in which bone tissue is alternately resorbed and rebuilt over time. PTH is secreted in response to low blood serum calcium levels

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PTH

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16
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Shallow, basin like depression, served as articulate surface

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Fossa

17
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Round or oval opening through a bone

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Forearm

18
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Haversian system of rings around central canal nerves and blood vessels run through canal

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Lucune

19
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Forerunner of long bones in the embryo

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Hyaline cartilage

20
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Bone matrix altered from stress of gravity

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Remodeling

21
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Broken bone is exposed to outside

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Compound fracture

22
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Common in children where bones have more collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than in adults

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Greenstick

23
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Common in osteoporotic bones

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Compression

24
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Clean break, but doesn’t break the skin

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Simple

25
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  1. Hematoma formation
  2. fibrocartilage callus formation
  3. Bony callus formation
  4. Bone remodeling
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4 stages in healing

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