Bones
The replacing and restructuring of bone
Remodeling
Structure that tops the axial skeleton
Skull
The movement of bone away from its regular place of articulation to lodge elsewhere
Dislocation
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Bringing together of 2 cells from 2 parents in order to create a new person
Sexual intercourse
Dangerous skin cancer
Melanoma
A break in the bone
Fracture
Facial feature that's separate from the skull
Mandible (lower jaw)
Sudden injury in a tendon or muscle
Strain
The gradual development of organs in the reproductive system
Puberty
A gathering of melanocytes in the skin that provides a liberal supply of melanin to the surrounding epidermal cells
Mole
At the time of an injury, broken blood vessels form a pool of blood called a _______________
Hematoma
The axial skeleton (from the skull down the back) contains ________ vertebrae
26
Reinjury of the same tendon repeatedly
Tendinitis
Intimate environment of sexual intercourse protects sperm but also bacteria, viruses, and parasites that could lead to ________________
Coordinated attack against infection the first time your body encounters the organism
Innate immunity
The weakening of bones due to osteoblast inactivity
Osteoporosis
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Name 2 of the 3 vertebrae curves
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar
1 - Flat, fibrous strap that attaches muscle to bone
2 - Tough straps that connect bone to bone
1 - Tendon
2 - Ligaments
Shedding of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus)
Menstruation
When a cell has lost control and duplicates itself without limit
Cancer
What does RICE stand for?
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Name 6 parts of the skeleton
Skull, mandible, clavicle, scapula, humerus, coxal bone, femur, patella, fibula, tibia, sternum, ribs, sacrum, coccyx, vertebral column
Allows 2 bones to move freely inside a capsule
What does an embryo (baby) float and develop in?
What attaches the baby to the placenta?
Amniotic fluid
Umbilical cord
Proteins that circulate in the blood, latching onto specific foreign antigens on bacteria, parasites, viruses, or cell fragments
Antibodies