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The Human Skeleton
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Calcium
Provides hardness and resistance to crushing.
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Muscles
Attach to bones and use them as levers to move the body
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Collagen (protein)
Provides strength and resilience
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Infants
Have more than 300 bones at birth
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Breastbone
Protects the lungs and heart
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Diaphysis
The shaft of the bone
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Bone marrow
Produces millions of blood cells per second.
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Epiphyseal Plate
Areas made of cartilage allowing for the growth of the bone growth plate.
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Ligaments
( bone-bone )
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Tendons
( bone-muscle )
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Periostern
Hard outer covering
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Epiphysis
Ends of the bones
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Diaphysis
The shaft of the bone
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Articular Cartilage
Cushions the ends of the bones and allows for smooth movement
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Osteocyte
Basic bone cell
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Haversian
Canal opening
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Axial Skeleton (80 bones)
Skull, vertebral column, rib cage
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Appendicular Skeleton (126 bones)
Bones of upper & lower limbs
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Long bones
Longer than they are wide, all limb bones
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Short bones
Roughly cubed shaped, bones of the wrist and the ankle
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Flat bones
Thin, flattened, usually a bit curved
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Scapula
Shoulder blade
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Sternum
Breast bone
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Irregular bones
Weird shapes, vertebrae, hip bones, 2 skull bones
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Compact Bone
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Spongy Bone
Composed of irregular and interconnected channels
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Extracellular Matrix
Collagen and Ca
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Red bone marrow
blood cell production
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