Skeletal System Concepts and Functions

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What is the main function of the skeletal system?

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Support, protection, and movement

Front

Sesamoid bones are bones that are found within a tendon or ligament.

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True

Front

What bones contain fluid in the joint cavity and allow a wide range of movement?

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Synovial joints

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Fibro cartilage is mainly located

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In between disks in your vertebrae (spine) and other joints.

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The "little beams" that make up spongy bone are called

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trabeculae

Front

how many bones are in the body

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206

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Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

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bone marrow

Front

What do the bones make?

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red blood cells

Front

What is the largest and strongest bone in the body?

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femur

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What is a flexible connective tissue that is found in your nose and ears?

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cartilage