Muscle - Provides movement at joints and maintains posture
Skeleton - A framework of bone and cartilage supporting the body
Vertebrate - Animal which has a skeletal system
Cartilage - Smooth, protective surface, covering the end of the bone, providing easy movement
Tendon - Tough band of inelastic tissue, attaching muscle to bone
Ligament - Bands of tough elastic tissue holding bones together
Synovial Fluid - Lubricates and nourishes the tissue in the joint capsule
Synovial Membrane - This tissue lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid
Joint - Where two or more bones meet
Antagonistic Pair - Muscles that work opposite each other
RICE treatment - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
Double circulatory system - One circuit links the heart and lungs. The other circuit links the heart with the rest of the body
Red Blood Cells - Carry oxygen and haemoglobin. Biconcave structure, large surface area, no nucleus
White Blood Cells - Engulf bacteria and prevent infection
Platelets - Clot cuts
Plasma - Carries the blood cells
Valve - Prevents back-flow of blood
Artery - Carries blood away from the heart at a high pressure.
Thick wall
Capillary - Joins arteries and veins. Wall is only one-cell thick to allow gas exchange
Vein - Carries blood back to the heart. Blood is under less pressure, so thinner wall
Deoxygenated blood - Blood that is rich in carbon dioxide rather than oxygen on the way back to the heart
Oxygenated Blood - Blood that is rich in oxygen; pumped out of the right ventricle, towards the lungs
Vena Cava - Main vein from body, to heart
Ventricle - Each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right
Aorta - Main artery to the body
Pulmonary Artery - Artery to the lungs
Pulmonary Vein -...