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What do the bones do for the body? |
Provide support, Store minerals and lipids, Produce blood cells, Protect body organs, Provide leverage and movement. |
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What types of bone is in the structure? |
Compact and spongy |
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What is inside bones? |
Nerves and blood vessels |
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What are joints? |
Where two bones interconnect |
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What are tendons? |
These attach muscle to bone |
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What are ligaments? |
These attach bone to bone |
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What do skeletal muscles do? |
Contract to pull on tendons and move the bones of the skeleton. Also maintains our posture and body position. |
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What do nerves do? |
Control the contraction of skeletal muscles, interpret sensory information, coordinate the activities of the body's organ systems. |
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What does cartilage do? |
It is a connective tissue. Firm gel-like substance. |
