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25 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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What are the five types of bones?
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Long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid.
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Name several long bones.
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Arms, legs, hands, feet.
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Name several short bones.
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Ankles, wrists.
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Name flat bones.
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Ribs, shoulder blades, pelvic bones.
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Name several irregular bones.
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Vertebrae and facial bones.
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How many vertebrae are there?
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26
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How many cervical (neck) vertebrae are there?
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7
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How many thoracic (articulate w. ribs) vertebrae are there?
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12
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How many lumbar (lower back) vertebrae are there?
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5
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What are the last two bones of the spine? (at the bottom, in order)
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Sacrum and Coccyx
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Axial bones are?
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Skull, vertebrae column, rib cage.
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Bones are what type of tissue?
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Connective
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What are the three types of muscles?
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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac.
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Three primary functions of skeletal muscle are?
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Movement, posture (muscle tone), Heat production.
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Muscle is attached to bones by what tissue?
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Tendons
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What are sinuses?
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Cavities in the skull that are lined with mucous membranes.
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Purpose of tendons is to?
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Anchor muscles to the bones.
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Abduction means moving a part away from the midline of the body (like moving your arm up). The opposite of this is called?
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Adduction
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Supination is when your hand is facing up or down?
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Up
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Pronation is when your hand is facing up or down?
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Down
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Joints with no movement are called what?
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Synarthroses
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Joints with slight movement are called what?
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Amphiarthroses
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Joints with free movement ( most joints in the body) are called what?
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Diarthroses
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Atrophy is
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when muscles get smaller
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Hypertrophy is
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when muscles get bigger. (with strength training)
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