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| another name for spinal column |
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| pads of cartilage that separate vertebrae |
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| the first seven bones of the vertebral column that form the neck |
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| set of twelve vertebrae that make up the chest and join with the ribs in the back |
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| five vertebral bones that are the strongest and largest of the backbones and make up the lower back |
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| five separate bones that fuse in a young child to make up the sacrum |
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| fused four bones that make up the tailbone |
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| inner, thick, round anterior portion that a vertebra is composed of |
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| pade of cartilage in between vertebrae that provides flexibility and absorbs shocks to the vertebral column |
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| posterior portion of the vertebral arch consists of this, a transverse process, and a lamina |
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| located on each side of the spinous process, a portion of the posterior vertebra |
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| bar-like part that is between the transverse and spinous process that make up the posterior portion of the vertebra |
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| space between the vertebral body and the vertebral arch through which the spinal cord passes |
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| muscles that flex the knee and extend the hip |
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| muscle that bends knee and lifts heel off ground |
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| muscle that raises the heel |
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| muscle that abducts the thigh |
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| muscle that extends the knee |
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| another word for beginning |
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| point of attachment of the muscle to stationary bone |
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| the point of junction of the muscle to the bone that moves |
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| decreasing the angle between two bones, bending a limb |
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| increasing the angle between two bones--straightening out a limb |
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| movement away from the midline of the body |
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| movement toward the midline of the body |
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| circular movement around an axis (central point) |
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