Musculoskeletal System Terms 1
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Created by:
ccpscience on September 1, 2009
Subjects:
health, body, bones, muscles, joints
Description:
7th grade vocab set for the Musculoskeletal System
Classes:
CCP 7th Grade 2012-2013, Chaminade Class of 2018, New Admins
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Axial Skeleton | the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
| Appendicular Skeleton | the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs |
| Compact Bone | The hard outer layer of bones |
| Spongy Bone | The dense, semirigid, porous part of the interiour of a bone |
| Epiphysis | the end of a long bone |
| Diaphysis | the main (mid) section of a long bone |
| Periostium | membraine that surronds bone |
| Red Bone Marrow | functions to form red blood cells, some white blood cells, and platelets; found in cavities of most bones in infants and in the flat bones in adults |
| Yellow Bone Marrow | gradually replaces red bone marrow in adult bones; functions as storage for fat tissue; and is inactive in formation of blood cells |
| Synarthrosis joints | are called immovable joints |
| Amphiarthrosis Joints | semi-movable joints found in rib cage and spinal cord |
| Diarthrosis Joints | movable joints that allow the body to have a wide range of movement and activity |
| Ligaments | tissue that connects bone to bone |
| Tendons | tissue that connects muscle to bone |
| Synovial Fluid | A lubricating, nourishing fluid found in joints |
| Smooth Muscle | involuntary muscle found in internal organs |
| Cardiac Muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart |
| Skeletal Muscle | Vouluntary, striated muscle that moves bones, works in pairs and is attatched to bones by tendons |
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