Joints
This joint has a fluid filled cavity
What is synovial joint?
Think and flat bone with a large surface area.
What is a flat bone?
A contraction caused by a single brief stimulus causes this.
What is a twitch?
Cords of dense connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
What are tendons?
Tarsal bones
What is the ankle and wrist?
This joint connects bones with collagen fibers.
What are fibrous joints?
A bone that is longer then wide, mostly located in the limbs.
What are long bones?
This system sends singles to your muscles telling them to contract.
What is the nervous system?
Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body
What is cartilage?
Scapula
What is the shoulder?
These joints connect bone to cartilage.
What are cartilaginous joints?
Cube shaped bone, just as wide as long
What is a short bone?
ATP and access to actin are reasons why this occurs.
What is muscle contraction?
Bones that make up the main axis/truck of your body
What is the axial skeleton?
Floating ribs
What is the bottom of the rib cage?
This joint is functional classified as diarthrotic and contains sensory nerve fibers.
What is a synovial joint?
This bone has a highly specialized shape and structure. Ex: hip bone
What is an irregular bone?
What is the calf?
This girdle is structured and sturdy, can bear more weight
What is the pelvic gridle?
Cervical vertebrae
What is the top of the spinal cord?
Joints can be 3 things
What is immovable, slightly moveable and freely moveable>
Name 3 functions of the skeletal system.
Muscle of the cheek
What is buccinator?
Endomysium is a connective tissue that surrounds each...
What is muscle fiber?
Coccyx
What is the tailbone, or end of spinal column?