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12 Cards in this Set
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Name the 5 functions of the skeletal system
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support
storage blood cell production protection leverage |
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What function of the skeletal system is support for the entire body and the framework for soft tissues and organs?
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support
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What function of the skeletal system is to protect organs and soft tissues, spinal cord, brain, lungs, and heart
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protection
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Name some of the long bone in the body
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arms, legs, phalanges
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Name some of the short bones
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carpuls & tarsals
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Name some of the thin, flat, relatively parallel surfaces
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Parietal bon in skull, ribs, sternum, shoulder blade
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Name some of the irregular bones
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Short, notched, flat, ridged bone such as vertebrae, skull, pelvis
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Name some of the sesamoid bones (small flat bones
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patella
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Name some of sutural bones (small, flat, irregular)
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Form in skull where it sutures together, can be size from a grain of sand to size of a quarter
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Name the two type of bone structure
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compact (Dense surface bone)
spongy bone (airy open network) |
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What is the shaft of the long bone called
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diaphysis
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What is the head of a long bone
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epiphysis
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