Ap Flashcards

8422265815	ball and socket joint	hip and shoulder joints	0
8422265816	epiphyseal plate	Growth plate, made of cartilage, gradually ossifies	1
8422265817	Osteocytes	Bone cells	2
8422265818	Rickets	Vitamin D deficiency	3
8422265819	Ossification	Process of bone formation	4
8422265820	Diaphysis	The shaft of a long bone	5
8422265821	yellow marrow	soft, fatty material found in the medullary cavity of long bones	6
8422265822	Functions of the skeletal system	Support, protection, body movement, hemopoiesis, and mineral storage	7
8422265823	synovial joints	freely movable joints	8
8422265824	Nucleolus	Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes	9
8422265825	Mitosis phases	Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase	10
8422265826	Hypertonic	Having a higher concentration of solute than another solution.	11
8422265827	Science has limitations	It cannot explain things that are outside the realm of science, as they deal with things not scientifically testable	12
8422265828	Vacuoles	Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates	13
8422265829	Mitochondrion	An organelle that is the main site of energy conversion through cellular respiration.	14
8422265830	Ribosomes	Makes proteins	15
8422265831	organ system	A group of organs that work together in performing vital body functions.	16
8422265832	Eukaryote	A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles	17
8422265833	Prokaryote	A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles	18
8422265834	digestive system	Breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood for distribution to body cells.	19
8422265835	integumentary system	Consists of the skin, mucous membranes, hair, and nail	20
8422265836	urinary system	kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethray	21
8422265837	fibrous joints	consists of inflexible layers of dense connective tissue, holds the bones tightly together	22
8422265838	arthritis	inflammation of a joint	23
8422265839	Periosteum	Double-layered connective tissue that covers and nourishes the bone.	24
8422265840	compact bone	Hard, dense bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone	25
8422265841	Scoliosis	Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine	26
8422265842	cell membrane	A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell.	27
8422265843	Organ	A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body	28
8422265844	Cells	The basic unit of structure and function in all living things	29