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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Functions of the skeleton
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Protection, stroage of calcium and phosphorous, support soft tissue, maintain shape, protect organs, enable movement, a site for forming blood cells in the bone marrow, attach muscles and tendons
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Types of bone (4)
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Flat, irregular, long, short
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Long bone functions
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Movement and strength
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Short bone functions
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Limited movement and strength
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Flat bone functions
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Protection
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Irregular bone functions
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Muscle attatchement
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Long bone types
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Hind and forelimbs
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Flat bone types
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Skull, scapula, pelvis
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Short bone types
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Carpals
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Irregular bone types
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Vertebrae, patella
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Vertebrae regions
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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
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Cervical vertebrae are found
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In the neck region
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Thoracic vertebrae are found
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Above the chest
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Lumbar vertebrae are found
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Above the abdomen
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Sacral vertebrae are found
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Above the pelvis
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Coccygeal vertebrae are found
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In the tail region
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The skull has
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37-38 bones
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The lower jaw
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Mandible
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The mandible
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The only freely moving joint of the skull
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Number of groups of skull bones
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3
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Skull bone group
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Cranium, face, ears
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Axial skeleton
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Skull, spine, ribcage, tail
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