Functions of the Skeletal System
Protects the bones and support other functions in the body.
What is The Skeletal System?
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Made of strong tissue that can contract in an orderly way.
What is muscle?
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All of the external covering of the body, including the skin, nails, and hair.
What is the integumentary system?
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The outermost layer of skin.
What are the structures of the skin?
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Depending on the type that severity of the injury, your body has different ways to repair skin.
Whats is skin injuries and repair?
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Has no support structures.
What is gelatin?
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The contractions of muscles flexing and moving.
What is muscle movement?
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Covers your bones and environment keeping cells and tissues safe.
What is skin protection?
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The outermost layer of skin and the only layer in direct contact with the outside environmet.
What is epidermis?
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An injury where blood vessels in the skin are broken, but the skin is not cute or opened.
What are bruises?
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Enables different parts of the body to move in different ways, like when a person kicks a ball.
What is Skeletal Movement?
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Muscles that are attached to bones to support your body and help you balance.
What is stability?
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The differences between temperature and sense of pain.
What is the sensory response?
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A pigment that protects the body by absorbing some of the sun's damaging ultaviolet rays.
What is melanin?
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When you break one or more layers of skin.
What are cuts?
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A hard, rigid structure you feel in your head is your skull.
What is skeletal protection?
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Organs covered mostly by the muscles in your body.
What is muscle protection?
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Another way that that skin lowers body heat from blood vessels.
What is temperature regulation of the skin?
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A thick layer of skin that gives some skin strength, nourishment, and flexibility.
What is dermis?
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Injury from your body having contact with hot water or food leaving a blister that forms fluid underneath the skin.
What are burns?
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Another function of bones is to produce and store minerals needed by your body.
What is production and storage?
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The thermal energy that helps raise your body temperature.
What is temperature regulation?
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Absorbs calcium and phosphorous and to promote the growth of bones.
What is the production of vitamin D?
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The innermost layer of skin insulated by the body and acts as a protective padding, and stores energy.
What is hypodermis?
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Symptoms of pain, redness, swelling, and usually heals 5-7 days without scarring.
What are degrees of burns?
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