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Biology
9th Grade
06/14/2010

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Term
KERATIN
Definition
helps protect the living cell layers underneath from exposure to bacteria, heat and chemicals.
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MELANIN
Definition
a pigmint that colors the skin and helps protect body cells from damage by solar radiation.
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HAIR FOLLICLES
Definition
hair grows out of narrow cavities in the dermis
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AXIAL SKELETON
Definition
includes the skull and the bones that support it
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APPENDICULAR SKELETON
Definition
bones of the arms and legs and structures associated with them, aka sholder, hip bones, wrists, ankles, fingers and toes.
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JOINTS
Definition
are found where two or more bones meet.
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LIGAMENT
Definition
tough band of connective tissue that attaches one bone to another.
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BURSAE
Definition
fluid filled sacs
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TENDONS
Definition
thick bands of connective tissue that attach miscles to bones
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COMPACT BONE
Definition
surronding every bone layer is hard bone
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SPONGY BONE
Definition
compact bone surronds less dence bone aka spongy bone
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OSTEOBLASTS
Definition
potential bone cells
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RED MARROW
Definition
production sight for red blood cells, white blood cells, and cell fragments involved in blood clotting.
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YELLOW MARROW
Definition
found in many other bones cosits of stored fat
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smooth
Definition
muscle lines organs, contracting to move materials through the body
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NVOLUNTARY MUSCLE
Definition
a muscle that contracts under conscious control
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Skeletal
Definition
muscle is attached to bones and contracts to produce body movements.
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MYOFIBRILS
Definition
each fiber is made up of smaller units
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MYOSIN
Definition
the thicker filaments are made up this protine
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ACTIN
Definition
thinner filaments are made up of this protine
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sarcomeres
Definition
the functional units of muscle.
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SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY
Definition
when signaled the actin filaments within each sarcomere slide toward one another shortening te sarcomeres in a fiber and causing the muscle to contract
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