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Function of Skeletal System
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Support framework for body
Protect vital organs Provide point of attachment for movement Contains bone marrow which manufactures mos of blood cells (hematopoiesis) Stores calcium and phosphorus |
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ankyl/o
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curved or bent or stiff
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arthr/o
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joints
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carp/o
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wrist
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chondr/o
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cartridge
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cost/o
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ribs
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-desis
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surgical fixation
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kyph/o
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hump or bent
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lord/o
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curve
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-lysis
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destruction or breaking down
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malacia
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abnormal softening
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mast/o
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breast
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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oste/o
osse/o |
bone
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sacr/o
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saccrum
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scoli/o
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bent or curved
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spondyl/o
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curvature
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tas/o
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ankle
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troph/o
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development
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-oma
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tumor
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-um
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singular ending
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Skeletal system
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Bone, cartilage, ligaments, joints, and bursa
new born 300 bones, adult 206 bones |
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Bones of Body
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Flat bones
Irregular Bones Long Bones Short Bones |
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Axial skeleton
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contribute to formation of body cavities
provide protection for internal organs |
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Appendicular Skeleton
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126 bones
shoulder upper extremities hips lower extremities |
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Cranium
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parietal bone
occipital bone temporal bone frontal bone sphenoid bone mandible |
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Cervical
Thoracic Lumbar Sacrum Coccyx |
c1-c7
-atlas =head connects to body -axis =rotate turn head thoracic 1-12 =articulates ribs Lumbar 1-5 = strongest and largest sacrum = 5 vertebrae fused into 1, slightly curved coccyx = tailbone |
