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10 Cards in this Set
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What is the place where bones come together?
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joints (articulation)
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The type of joint found in any specific location is determined by what?
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By the need for greater or lesser flexibility of movement.
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Joints that are immovable (like the skull bone)are called what?
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Suture joints
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Name a partially movable joint.
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Vertebrae
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Joints that are freely movable (such as the hip joint) are called what?
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synovial joints
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Bursa
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Pad-like sac or cavity near a joint.
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Ligament
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Band of connective tissue that binds bones to other bones
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Synovial cavity
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Space between bones at a synovial joint
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Synovial fluid
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Clear lubricating fluid of a joint
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Tendon
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Connective tissue that binds muscles to bones
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