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Joints of the Body
Characteristics of Types of Muscle Tissue
Structure of Bone
Structure of Muscles
Characteristics of Bone
100
Type of joint that allows for for the greatest amount of the range of motion
What is a Ball and Socket Joint
100
Type of muscle tissue found in the Heart
What is Cardiac Muscle?
100
Makes up yellow bone marrow
What are Fat Cells?
100
The contractual unit of the muscle
What is the sarcomere?
100
Canals in bone in which nerves pass.
What are Haversian Canals?
200
Type of joint that allows bones to twist around each other.
What is a Pivot Joint?
200
Type of muscle tissue that contains visible striations
What is Skeletal Muscle Tissue?
200
Found on the ends of bones, reduces friction between bones
What is cartilage?
200
Long, fused muscle cells
What are muscle fibers
200
Type of tissue of bone
What is Connective Tissue?
300
Phalanges are an example of this type of joint
What is a Hinge Joint?
300
Type of muscle tissue that lines the reproductive tract
What is Smooth Muscle tissue?
300
Red bone marrow produces theses
What are blood cells?
300
Thin and thick structural proteins that make up myofibrils that function in a muscle contraction
What are actin and myosin?
300
Connects one bone to another
What are Ligaments?
400
Type of joint found between the pelvic girdle and the humerus.
What is a Ball and Socket Joint?
400
Type of muscle tissue that contains many nuclei
What is Skeletal Muscle Tissue?
400
Minerals stored in the bone
What is Calcium and Phosphorous?
400
Myosin heads attach to actin and "pull" the actin, shortening the sarcomere
What is a contraction?
400
Injury to the Skeletal System in which the tendons are torn or stretched
What is a sprain?
500
Type of joint found in the carpals?
What is a Gliding Joint?
500
Type of muscle tissue adapted to generate and to conduct electrical impulses
What is Cardiac Muscle Tissue?
500
Outer membrane that covers the long bones?
What is Periosteum?
500
Consists of muscle cells, sheaths of connective tissue, blood vessels, and nerve fibers
What is a muscle?
500
The process of Ossification
What is cartilage turning to bone?