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| the tissue made of cells that can contract and relax to produce movement |
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| a voluntary muscle that is attached to the bones and that moves parts of the body |
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| the elongated muscle that is not under voluntary control and that is found in the digestive tract, blood vessels, glands, and hair follicles, but not in the heart |
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| the type of involuntary muscle found in the heart |
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| the tissue of the nervous system, which consists of neurons, their supporting cells, and connective tissue |
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| a nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses |
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| a tissue composed of cells that form a barrier between an organism and its external environment |
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| a tissue that has a lot of intracellular substance and that connects and supports other tissues |
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| cells that are embedded in large amounts of an intercellular substance |
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| a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body |
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| the area in which the brain rests |
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| the area where the spinal cord rests |
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| a dome-shaped muscle that is attached to the lower ribs and that functions as the main muscle in respiration |
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| the part of the human body cavity that is between the neck and the abdomen and that contains the heart and the lungs |
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| the hollow part of the body that is between the thorax and the pelvis; contains organs of digestion, excretion, and reproduction |
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| contains the organs of the reproductive and excretory systems |
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| the bones of a human or animal body that form the framework of the body, support the muscles and organs, and protect the inner organs |
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| the bones of the skull and vertebral column |
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| the bones of the arms and legs |
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| the fibrous tissue that covers bones |
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| the layer of bone that is just beneath the periosteum and that gives that bone its strength and rigidity |
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| a channel containing blood vessels in compact bone tissue |
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| less-dense bone tissue that has many open spaces |
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| soft tissue inside bones where red and white blood cells are produced |
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| an injury in which the tissue of a bone is broken |
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| the process by which cartilage is converted into bone |
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| near the ends of long bones, where bone elongation takes place |
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| a place where two or more bones meet |
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| prevent movement, found in the skull & securely connect bony plates & permit no movement of those bones |
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| permit limited movement, allow the body to bend and twist |
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| all other joints in the body, enable the body to perform a wide range of movements & activities |
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| a type of tissue that holds together the bones in a joint |
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| the transparent fluid that lubricates joints |
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| a chronic immune-system disorder that causes stiff and painful joints |
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| a degenerative joint disease |
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| a multinucleate muscle cell, especially of skeletal or cardiac muscle tissue |
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| dark and light stripes that cross the muscle fiber |
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| a cluster of fibers, leaves, stems, or other plant parts |
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| a muscle whose movement can be consciously controlled |
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| a muscle whose movement cannot be controlled voluntarily, such as the cardiac muscle |
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| a fiber that is found in striated muscle cells and that is responsible for muscle contraction |
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| the most abundant protein in muscle tissue and the main constituent of the thick filaments of muscle fibers |
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| a protein responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle |
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| the line formed by the attachment of actin filaments between two sarcomeres of a muscle fiber in striated muscle cells |
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| the basic unit of contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle |
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| a tough connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or to another body part |
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| in anatomy, the point at which a muscle attaches to a stationary bone |
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| the point at which a muscle is attached to a bone |
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| a muscle that bends a limb or other body part |
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| a muscle that bends a limb or other body part |
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| a muscle that extends a joint |
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| the physiological inability of the muscle to contract |
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| the extra oxygen taken in by the body while recovering from exercise |
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