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Chapter 14 The Skeletal System Vocabulary

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skeletonmade up of all of the bones in your body
vertebraemade up of the 26 bones that make up the backbone
jointa place in the body where 2 bones come together
ligamentstrong connective tissues that hold bones together in a joint
cartilagecovers the ends of the bones and keeps them from rubbing together
compact bonea type of bone that is hard, dense, but not solid
spongy bonefound at the ends of the bone, and has many small spaces within it
marrowa soft, connective tissue contained in the spaces of many bones
osteoperosisa condition in which the bones become weak and break easily


Park View Middle School
Mukwonago, WI

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