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17 Cards in this Set
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Axial Skeleton |
Consists of Vertebral Column, The skull, and the rib cage |
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Appendicular skeleton |
Consists of bones arms legs shoulders and hips |
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Haversian canals |
Channels through which blood veins and nerves run |
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Bone marrow |
Stores fats and holds stem cells that make red blood cells |
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Cartillage |
Dense tissue built around proteins |
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Osification |
Process by which bone replaces cartillage |
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Osteoblasts |
Cells that excrete wastes in osification |
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Osteocytes |
What osteoblasts turn into and mature into that maintain and srrenghthen the bone |
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Osteoclasts |
Break down bone minerals |
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Muscle fibers |
Cells in skeletal muscles |
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Myofibrils |
Bundles of protein filaments |
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Myosin and actin |
Filaments that create the striations of the skeletal muscle |
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Sacromere |
Unit that consists of actin filimints and the z lines |
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Neuromuscular junction |
Synapse where a motor neuron meets a muscle fiber |
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Tendons |
Attach the bones to muscles |
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Melanocytes |
Makes up melanin |
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Sebaceous glands |
Secrete sebum that kills bacteria and keeps the epidermiss flexible |
