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20 Cards in this Set
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a force that occurs in a direction to oppose movement
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Friction
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the type and amount of exercise or activity that the patient is able to perform
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Activity Tolerance
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cause muscle contraction and change in muscle length
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Isotonic Contraction
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involve tightening or tensing muscles without moving body parts
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Isometric Contraction
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5 Functions the bones perform in the body
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support
protection movement mineral storage hematopoiesis |
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an articulation, or connection between bones
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Joints
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Freely movable joints such as the joinst at the elbow and knee
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Synovial
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Joints that little movement but are elastic and use cartilage to separate and unite separate body surfacea such as the synchodrosis that attaches the ribs to the cost cartilage
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Cartilaginous joints
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Joints that fit closely together and are fixed such as the syndesmosis between the tibia and fibula
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Fibrous joints
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White shiny flexible bands of fibrous tissue that bind joints and connect bones and cartilage
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Ligaments
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White glistening fibrous bands of of tissue that connect muscle to bone
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Tendons
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Nonvascular suppoting connective tissue with the flexibility of a firm plastic material
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Cartilage
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the awareness of the position of the body and its parts
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Proprioception
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An inherited disorder that affects the bones. Bones are porous, short, bowed and deformed
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Osteogenisis imperfecta
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A structural curvature of the spine associated with vertebral rotation
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Scoliosis
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Disorder of aging which results in the reduction of bone density and mass
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Osteoporosis
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a metabolic disease characterized by inadequate and delayed mineralization resulting in compact and spongy bone
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Osteomalacia
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These type of muscles stabilize joints
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Ant-gravity muscles
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these type of muscles contract to accomplish the same movement
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Synergistic Muscles
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the muscles cause movement at the joint
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Antagonistic Muscles
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