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24 Cards in this Set
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Femur |
Upper arm |
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Parts of a skeletal system |
Bones Joints Cartilage Ligaments |
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Tarsals |
Ankle |
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Carpals |
Wrists |
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Phalanges |
Fingers and toes |
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Metacarpals |
Sections between carpals and phalanges |
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Sternum |
Between ribs at top |
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Scapula |
Shoulderblade |
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Skeletal systwm |
Provides an internal framework for the body Protects organs by enclosure Anchors skeletal muscles so muscles can contract |
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Skeletal system disease |
Osteoporosis |
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Osteoporosis |
Bone thinning disease |
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Muscular system |
Provides for movement of the body and its parts maintain posture, generates heat, and stabilizes joints |
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Muscular system disease |
Muscular dystrophy |
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Muscular dystrophy |
Muscle enlargement because of the fat and connective tissue |
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Nervous system |
Maintain body homeostasis with electrical signals, provides for sensations, higher mental functioning, emotional responses, and activates gland and muscles |
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Nervous system disease |
Anencephaly |
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Anencephaly |
Failure of the cerebrum to develop completely |
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Special senses |
Respond to different types of energetic stimuli involved in vision hearing balance smell and taste |
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Special sense disease |
Glaucoma |
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Glaucoma |
Too much introcular pressure in the eye |
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Presyobia |
decreasing lens elasticity that comes with aging |
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Presbycusis |
Sensorineural deafness |
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Scoliosis |
Curving sideways of the spine |
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Spina bifida |
Incompletely firmed vertebrae Forked spine |
