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Axial & Appendicular Skeleton
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Pelvic Girdle
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Bones of lower limb
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Bones of the upper limb
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Rib cage bones
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Foot bones
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Skeleton
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- constructed of 2 supportive tissues: cartilage & bone
- supports the body - provides a system of levers the skeletal muscles use to move the body |
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Bones
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Provide a site for blood cell formation in their red bone marrow cavities
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The AXIAL SKELETON consists of what bones?
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-bones that form the body's longitudial axis
- skull, vertebral column, thoracic cage (ribs & sternum) |
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The APPENDICULAR SKELETON consists of what bones?
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- bones of the girdles & limbs
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Found at the end of long bones & nose
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HYALINE CARTILAGE
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Predominantly found in the ear
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ELASTIC CARTILAGE
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Mostly found in the Pubic Syphalys
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FIBROCARTILAGE
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What are the four main kinds of bones?
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1. LONG BONES
2. SHORT BONES 3. FLAT BONES 4. IRREGULAR BONES |
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How many bones in the human body?
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206
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