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23 Cards in this Set
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What does the skeletal system do for the body?
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Protects the organs and gives the body structure
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What do we call the places where the bones meet?
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Joints
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What are the types of Joints in the body?
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Ball Socket Hinge Pivot/unmovable |
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Give an example of a ball and socket joint
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wrist or ankle
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example of a hinge joint
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Knee or elbow
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pivot/immovable
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skull
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what connect muscle to bone?
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tendons
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What connects bone to each other
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ligaments
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What System moves bones?
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Muscular System
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What are voluntary muscles?
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muscles you can control
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what are involuntary muscles?
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muscles you can't control
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give an example of a voluntary muscle
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skeletal muscles
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give an example of involuntary muscles
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smooth muscles and cardiac muscles
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Where are cardiac
muscles found?
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In the heart |
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What System uses your senses to react to your environment |
Nervous System
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What system interprets, send, and receives messages for the body? |
Central nervous system
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What system uses your organs to react to the environment? |
peripheral nervous system
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What are the sensory organs?
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eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands
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What is an automatic response
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reflex
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What system gets rid of waste in the body
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Excretory System
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What is the main organ in the excretory system?
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Kidneys
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When the bladder is full what happens?
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waste is removed as urine from the body
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How is waste removed from the body in the respiratory system?
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by breathing out carbon dioxide
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