Supporting systems and movement in animals Flashcards

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Skeleton

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Body’s supporting system that gives the body it’s shape.

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Hydrostatic Skeleton

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Has no hard structure and is found in soft bodied and cold blooded animals.

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Types of Animals of the Hydrostatic Skeleton

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Coelenterates…Annelids…Nematodes

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Types of Animals of the Exoskeleton

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Arthropds…Mollusks…Crustaceans

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Endoskeleton

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Present inside body and is the foundation for muscles

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Tissues making up the Endoskeleton

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Cartilage and Bone

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Long Bone

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Longer than they are wide and they support limbs and muscles.

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Short Bone

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Can rotate and is equal in length and width.

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Flat Bone

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Protect certain body parts and areas for muscle movement.

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Bone Fracture

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a crack or break in a bone

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Stress Fracture

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A tiny crack in bone caused by repeated pressure

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Greenstick Fracture

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Incomplete fracture

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12
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How many bones does an adult have?

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206 Bones

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13
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Bones are made of

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Nerve muscles and epithelial tissues.

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14
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Bones contain…

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Red and yellow marrow

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15
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Bones produce what?

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Red and white blood cells

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16
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What happens to our bones as we grow?

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Bones grow with us

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17
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Skeleton functions

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Support
Protection
Movement
Give body its shape
Produce blood cells

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18
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What are the two devisions of the skeleton?

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Axial and appendicular skeleton

19
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Has bones along the body’s long axis and is the central support of human body protecting the body’s vital organs. It is made up of the skull, the vertebral column (spine) and the bony thorax (ribs).

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Axial Skeleton

20
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Rickets

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Inability to absorb calcium salt (lack of Vitamin D)

21
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Develops strong bones

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Calcium

22
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Where does Vitamin D come from?

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Sunlight exposure and food

23
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Rickets treatments include:

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Consuming Vitamin D
Sun exposure
Surgery
Special bracing

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Osteomalacia

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Disorder weakening bones caused by lack of mineralization

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Where bones meet and are joined by cartilage or ligaments

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Joint

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Joint Classifications

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Immovable
Semi-movable
Movable

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Synovial joint which rotates within cup-shaped socket

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Ball and socket joint

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Hinge Joint

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Moves up and down but not side to side

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Pivot Joint

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Allows rotation between atlas and axis vertebrae in neck

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Where flat bone slips over another flat bone

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Plane Joint

30
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When joints become misaligned

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Bunions

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Sprains

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Stretched or torn ligaments

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Strains

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Stretched or torn muscle or tendon

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When two bones separate

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Dislocation

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Arithritis

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Joint inflammation

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Osteoarthritis

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Inflammation of the bone and joint

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Rheumatoid

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Inflammation of the joints and tissues around it

37
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When uric acid builds up in blood causing inflammation

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Gout

38
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Move bones by applying force to bones and joints

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Skeletal Muscles

39
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Functions of the skeleton muscles

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Movement
Maintain posture
Generate heat
Stabalise joints

40
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Action of one member is opposite of other

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Antagonistic muscles

41
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Contracted muscle that does not relax

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Muscle cramp

42
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what are the bones of the fingers called?

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Phalanges

43
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What are synovial joints?

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They allow for movement.

44
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Name the fixed joints.

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skull bones, teeth in socket off the jaw etc.