Skeletal System

Front 1

What makes up the skeletal system?

Back 1

all the bones

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Front 2

What does the skeleton give to your body?

Back 2

shape and support

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Front 3

What do bones protect?

Back 3

internal organs

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Front 4

What attaches to bones to help them move?

Back 4

muscles

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Front 5

Where are blood cells formed?

Back 5

in the center of many bones in soft tissue called red marrow

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Front 6

Where are minerals stored? Specifically, what are the two minerals that make bones hard?

Back 6

in the skeleton

calcium and phosphorus

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Front 7

How can a bone's shape change?

Back 7

when attached muscles are used

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Front 8

What attach to some of the bumps and pits on your bones?

Back 8

muscles and ligaments

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Front 9

What leaves holes in your bones?

Back 9

blood vessels and nerves when they enter the bones

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Front 10

What is periosteum?

Back 10

tough, tight-fitting membrane covering the bones' surface

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Front 11

What in the periosteum carries nutrients into the bone?

Back 11

small blood vessels

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Front 12

Cells involved what of the bone are found in the periosteum?

Back 12

in the growth and repair of bones

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Front 13

What are the two different types of bone tissueunder the periosteum?

Back 13

compact and spongy bone

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Front 14

What is directly under the periosteum?

Back 14

compact bone

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hard, strong layer

Front 15

What minerals does compact bone contain?

Back 15

deposits of calcium and phosphate

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Front 16

What does calcium and phosphate do to compact bone?

Back 16

makes it hard

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Front 17

What is found in compact bone besides minerals?

Back 17

bone cells and blood vessels

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Front 18

Where is spongy bone located?

Back 18

toward the ends of long bones

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in thigh and upper arm

Front 19

Why is spongy bone light weight?

Back 19

many small open spaces

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Front 20

What are cavities and what are they filled with?

Back 20

large openings in the center of the bone and are filled with marrow

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Front 21

What is yellow marrow composed of?

Back 21

fat cells

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Front 22

What does red marrow produce?

Back 22

red blood cells

(rbc)

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Front 23

What is cartilage and what doesn't it contain?

Back 23

smooth, slippery thick layer of tissue covering the ends of bones

doesn't contain blood vessels or minerals

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Front 24

What is delivered to cartilage by blood vessels?

Back 24

nutrients

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Front 25

What are osteoblasts & what do they do?

Back 25

bone forming cells

deposit minerals calcium & phosphorus

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Front 26

What do osteoclasts do?

Back 26

breaks down bone tissue in other areas of bone

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Front 27

What are joints?

Back 27

connects two or more bones together

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Front 28

What are ligaments?

Back 28

tough bands of tissue that connect gone to joints

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Front 29

What are the type of joints?

Back 29

pivot, ball and socket, hinge, sliding

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Front 30

What is a pivot joint?

Back 30

one ball rotates in a ring of another bone that does not move

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Front 31

What is a ball-and-socket joint?

Back 31

a bone with a rounded end that fits into a cuplike cavity on another bone

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Front 32

What is a hinge joint?

Back 32

has a back and forth movement

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What is a sliding joint?

Back 33

one part of a bone slides over another bone

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Front 34

How does cartilage help bones?

Back 34

Cartilage protects the ends of bones so that they won't wear away

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