RED MARROW
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ bone marrow found at the end of the long bones, also manufactures red and white
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OSTEOCYTES
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ They are bone cells that produce a hard, calcium rich extracellular matrix, and are embedded in a matrix of collagen and minerals and form the skeleton of an organism
SKELETON
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a framework for the body, as well as attachment sites for muscle. Over 200 bones.
AXIAL SKELETON
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ pertaining to the central part of the body, the head and trunk
APPENDICULAR SYSTEM
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ composed of 126 bones in the human body. The word appendicular is the adjective of the noun appendage, which itself means a part that is joined to something larger. Functionally it is involved in locomotion (Lower limbs) of the axial skeleton and manipulation of objects in the environment (Upper limbs).
JOINTS
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ is the location at which two or more bones make contact. They are constructed to allow movement and provide mechanical support, and are classified structurally and functionally.
ligaments
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone, to provide stability to joints
tendon
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ the strong connective tissue cords that attach skeletal muscles to bones
cartilage
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ strong connective tissue that supports the body and is softer and more flexible than bone
osteoarthritis
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ Inflammation of the bone and joint
rheumatoid arthritis
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ A chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling that results in crippling deformities
osteoporosis
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ a condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily
cardiac muscle
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ muscle tissue found only in the heart
smooth muscle
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ involuntary muscle found in internal organs, muscle that forms the walls of the intestine, stomach, blood vessels, and other internal organs. has individual nucleus cells and no strations
skeletal muscle
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ Vouluntary, striated muscle that moves bones, works in pairs and is attatched to bones by tendons
flexor
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg
extensor
support and movement: the musculoskeletal system - ✔✔ A muscle that causes extension.
kidney - ✔✔ organ that removes urea, excess water, and other waste products from the blood and passes them to the ureter
nephron - ✔✔ blood-filtering unit in the renal cortex of the kidney
glomerulus - ✔✔ little ball-shaped cluster of capillaries located at the top of each nephron
bowman's capsule - ✔✔ cup-shaped strucutre of the nephron of a kidney which encloses the glomerulus and which filtration takes place.
proximal convoluted tubule - ✔✔ first section of the renal tubule that the blood flows through; reabsorption of water, ions, and all organic nutrients
loop of Henle - ✔✔ section of the nephron tubule that conserves water and minimizes the volume of urine
distal convoluted tubule - ✔✔ The portion of the nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system.
urine - ✔✔ a fluid produced by the kidneys that contains water, urea and other waste materials
ureter - ✔✔ either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
urinary bladder - ✔✔ a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine
urethra - ✔✔ duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
sweat glands - ✔✔ glands of the skin that secrete small amounts of water to the skins surface
liver - ✔✔ Large organ just above the stomach that produces bile
gamete - ✔✔ sex cell, a haploid reproductive cell that unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote
sperm - ✔✔ the male reproductive cell
egg - ✔✔ animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes
testosterone - ✔✔ a potent androgenic male sex hormone produced chiefly by the testes
van deferens - ✔✔ During ejaculation carries the sperm from the testes to the urethra.
ovaries - ✔✔ In animals, the female gonad, which produces egg cells.
oocyte - ✔✔ Immature egg cell [Show Less]