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The musculoskeletal system

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    Bones and muscles of the human body, musculoskeletal system injuries
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  • What does the skull protects?
    The brain
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  • One function of the skeletal system
    Protects orgnans, movement, stores calcium, produces blood cells
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  • Which bones include the axial skeleton?
    skull, spine, sternum and ribs
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  • What is the appendicular skeleton?
    The appendicular skeleton is comprised of the upper and lower extremities, which include the shoulder girdle and pelvis.
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  • What does the ribs protect?
    the heart and lungs
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  • Long flat bone located in the central part of the chest
    sternum
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  • The first seven pairs of ribs, that articulate with the sternum, are known as the
    True Ribs
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  • Each end of a long bone is known as
    epiphysis
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  • The process of blood cell formation
    hematopoiesis
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  • Why we need calcium? Name at least two benefits
    nerve impulses, muscle contraction, blood clotting, to build and maintain strong bones
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  • 4 functions of the Skeletal System
    support, protection, movement, store, production
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  • Smallest Bones of the body? Where are they located?
    malleus, incus and stapes. The ear
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  • It is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel
    calcaneous
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  • What attaches bone to bone?
    ligaments
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  • Carpal refers to
    The bones in the wrist
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  • Tarsal refers to
    the bones of the ankle
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