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Bones
Muscles
Joints
Tendons
Ligaments
Cartilage
Bursae - Answers The MS System consists of?
It supports the body and facilitates movement.
Storage of Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Fluoride
Production sites of blood cells in the bone marrow
Protection & support to body organs such as lungs, heart, brain - Answers functions of the MS
System
immobility, disability, and potentially affect quality of life. - Answers Injury to or disease in any
part of MS system can cause?
206 bones - Answers how many bones are there in the body?
Femur, Humerus, Radius - Answers example of long bones
tarsals, carpals - Answers examples of short bones
skull, sternum, ribs, ilium - Answers example of flat bones
patella - Answers example of sesamoid bones
osteoblasts
osteocytes
osteoclasts - Answers what are the three types of bone cells?
, osteoblasts - Answers cells that build the bones; where inorganic minerals are deposited such
as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and fluoride.
ossification & calcification - Answers what are the two process of osteoblasts?
ossification - Answers process of bone formation
calcification - Answers a process in which calcium builds up in body tissue, causing the tissue
to harden.
osteocytes - Answers form the new bone
osteoclasts - Answers cells involved in bone destruction, resorption, and remodeling.
skeletal muscles - Answers considered as voluntary muscles
requires nerve innervation/nerve stimulation to move.
skeletal muscles
cardiac muscles
smooth muscles - Answers 3 types of muscles
flaccid
spastic
atomic
atrophy
hypertrophy - Answers 5 kinds of muscle tones
flaccid - Answers A muscle that has no tone; limp muscle; flaccid paralysis
spastic - Answers a muscle that has greater than normal tone/nerve stimulation
atomic - Answers a muscle that is not innervated; muscle becomes soft and flabby
hypertrophy - Answers muscle enlargement that occurs with repetitive exertion
atrophy - Answers muscle deterioration that occurs with lack of use or exertion.
synarthroses - Answers (fixed), skull sutures
ampiarthroses - Answers (slightly movable), vertebral joints