| A | B |
|---|
| extensibility | the ability of a muscle to be stretched |
| skeletal | muscles that are attached to bones |
| muscle atrophy | withering away of muscle tissue; may result in weakness of a particular area |
| ATP | direct or primary energy source for muscles; is also required of both the sodium and potassium pump |
| isometric exercise | very small muscle movements like tightening and releasing muscles |
| elasticity | the ability of the muscle to return to it's original length |
| ligaments | found between bones |
| red bone marrow | some bones contain this which is a hemopoietic tissue that produces the blood cells |
| calcium | bones are a storage site for this |
| compact | type of bone tissue found in the diaphysis of long bone and contains yellow bone marrow |
| long | bones of the arms, legs, hands and feet |
| pelvis | a flat bone |
| spongy | type of tissue found in flat, short, and irregular bones and is responsible for red bone marrow |
| short | bones of the wrist and ankle |
| cartilage | tissue that covers the joint surfaces of bones that provides a smooth surface when joints are moved |
| ossification | term used when other tissue is replaced by bone (formation of bone) |
| occipital | bone that contains the foramen magnum (opening through which the spinal cord attaches to the brain |
| temporal | bone that contains the external auditory meatus |
| shoulder blade | scapula |
