Skeletal System Vocabulary

Basic unit of structure and function of all living things

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Group of similar cells working together to perform a specific function(job)

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Group of similar tissues working together to perform a job (lungs, heart)

Framework of bones that supports and protects the body

Found in heart, involuntary (happens on its own, don’t have to think about it)

Lines our intestines and blood vessels, happens on its own, we do not have to think about it, involuntary

Attached to bones, moves bones, voluntary

Forms the nervous system

Makes up bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, fat and blood

Makes up our skin

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3