The muscular system
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- Created on: 26-05-20 20:33
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- The muscular system
- Functions
- Blood cell production
- White and red blood cells and platelets are made in the bone marrow
- Muscle attachment
- It provides a large surface area for muscles to attach too
- Mineral storage
- Phosphorus and calcium are stored within the bones, needed for strength
- Joints for movement
- Enable us to move
- protection
- Bones form a shell and protect vital organs
- Blood cell production
- Types of bones
- Flat
- For protection and muscle attachment
- E.g the Cranium
- Short
- For weight bearing
- Are box light
- E.g Tarsals
- Irregular
- For protection and muscle attachment
- E.g Vertebrae
- Unusually shaped
- Long
- For movement
- They are longer than they are wide
- E.g the Femur
- Flat
- Types of joints
- Pivot
- Between the atlas and axis
- Hinge
- E.g elbow, ankle and knee
- Ball and socket
- E.g hip and shoulder
- Condyloid
- E.g wrist, knuckles, fingers and toes
- Pivot
- The vertebral column
- Cervical
- 7 vertebrae
- Thoracic
- 12 vertebrae
- Lumbar
- 5 vertebrae
- Sacral
- 5 vertebrae
- Coccyx
- 4 vertebrae
- Cervical
- Functions
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