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| How many bones are in the human body? |
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| Includes the skull, the vertebral column, the ribs, & the sternum |
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| the bones of the arms, hands, legs, feet, shoulder, and hips |
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| where 2 or more bones meet; facilitate movement of bones in relation to each other |
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| tough band of connective tissue that attaches one bone to another |
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| fluid sacs within shoulders and knees that reduce friction and keep bones from rubbing against each other |
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| Immovable, slightly movable, and freely movable |
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| suture; example: skull joint |
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| ball-and-socket, pivot, hinge, and gliding |
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| Hip joint & Shoulder Joint |
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| Examples of a ball-and-socket joint |
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| Examples of a hinge joint |
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| Ankle, wrist, and vertebrael joints |
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| Examples of a gliding joint |
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| movement in many directions |
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| one bone rotating around another |
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| one bone sliding in 2 directions |
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| forcible twisting of a joint, results in injury to the bursae, ligaments, or tendons |
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| joint disease, inflammation of the joints |
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| thick bands of connective tissue, attach muscles to bones |
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| layer that surrounds every bone |
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| Are bones living or nonliving? |
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| contains many holes and spaces and is surrounded by compact bone |
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| osteon (Harversian systems) |
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| tubular structures that run the length of compact bones |
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| living bone cells; receive oxygen and nutrients from small blood vessels running with the osteon systems |
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1. supports the body
2. stores minerals (calcium and phosphorus)
3. protects internal organs
4. provides a place for muscle attachment
5. produces blood cells |
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| found in humerus, femur, sternum, ribs, vertebrae, and pelvis & is the site of red & white blood cells and blood clotting |
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| disease involving the loss of bone volume & mineral content causing bone to become porus and brittle |
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