Musculoskeletal structure and function

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builds bone

osteoblasts

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breaks down bone

osteoclasts

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maintain bone

osteocytes

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functional unit of compact bone

osteon

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What increased blood calcium

PTH

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What decreased blood calcium

Calcitonin

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What increases calcium absorption

Vitamin D

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Makes blood cells

red bone marrow

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Stores fat

yellow bone marrow

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Immovable joint

synarthrosis

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Slightly moveable joint

Amphiarthrosis

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Freely movable joint

diarthrosis

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Muscle→ bone

tendons

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bone→bone

ligaments

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produces synovial fluid

Synovial membrane

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voluntary and striated

skeletal muscle

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involuntary and striated

cardiac muscle

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Functional unit of muscle

Sarcomere

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Binds calcium

troponin

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Blocks actin binding cites

tropomyosin

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Strongest cartilage (Intevertebral discs, meniscus, pubic symphysis)

Fibrocartilage