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Open Stax: Bones of the Lower Limb
Learn here all about the bones that make up the lower limb: the thigh, leg and foot.
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Open Stax: Classification of Joints
This site provides information regarding the classification of joints. A joint, also called an articulation, is any place where adjacent bones or bone and cartilage come together to form a connection.
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Open Stax: Axial Muscles of the Head, Neck, and Back
The skeletal muscles are divided into two categories: the axial, muscles of the trunk and head, and the appendicular, muscles of the arms and legs. Learn here all about the axial muscles.
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Open Stax: Axial Muscles of the Abdominal Wall and Thorax
It is a complex job to balance the body on two feet and walk upright. Learn here all about the axial muscles of the abdominal wall and thorax.
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Open Stax: Appendicular Muscles of the Pelvic Girdle and Lower Limbs
This site provides interactive information regarding the appendicular muscles of the pelvic girdle and lower limbs.
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Open Stax: Basic Structure and Function of the Nervous System
Learn here about the basic structure and function of the nervous system.
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Open Stax: Organic Compounds Essential to Human Functioning
Learn here about organic compounds, groups of carbon atoms covalently bonded to hydrogen, usually oxygen, and often other elements as well, and how they are essential to human functioning.
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Open Stax: Nucleus and Dna Replication
This site explains the nucleus, the control center of a cell, and DNA replication.
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Open Stax: Protein Synthesis
Most structural components of the cell are made up, at least in part, by proteins and virtually all the functions that a cell carries out are completed with the help of proteins. This site explains protein synthesis, including that of...
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Open Stax: Requirements for Human Life
Earth and its atmosphere have provided us with air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat, but these are not the only requirements for survival. Although you may rarely think about it, you also cannot live outside of a certain range...
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Open Stax: Chemical Reactions
This site provides an overview of the role of energy in chemical reactions.
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Open Stax: Elements and Atoms, the Building Blocks of Matter
This site provides an overview of elements and atoms, the building blocks of matter.
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Open Stax: Bone Classification
This site helps you understand how the 206 bones that compose the adult skeleton are divided into five categories based on their shapes.
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Open Stax: Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Learn here about cardiac muscle tissue - a tissue only found in the heart.
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Open Stax: Calcium Interactions of the Skeletal System and Other Organ Systems
This site provides a plethora of information regarding calcium homeostatis and interactions of the skeletal system. Disorders such as hypocalemia and hypercalcemia are discussed.
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Open Stax: Divisions of the Skeletal System
The following site helps us understand the divisions of the skeletal system. The skeletal system consists of all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.
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Open Stax: Vertebral Column
Learn here about the vertebral column, otherwise known as the spine.
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Open Stax: Thoracic Cage
Learn here all about the thoracic cage, the part of the human anatomy that forms the thorax portion of the body.
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Open Stax: Pectoral Girdle
Learn here about the pectoral girdle, where the the bones that attach each upper limb to the axial skeleton form. This consists of two bones, the scapula and clavicle.
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Open Stax: Pelvic Girdle and Pelvis
The following site helps you understand the pelvic girdle and pelvis.
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Open Stax: Cartilaginous Joints
This site provides information regarding cartilaginous joints, joints where adjacent bones are united by cartilage.
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Open Stax: Synovial Joints
The following site provides information regarding synovial joints, the most common type of joint in the body.
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Open Stax: Types of Body Movement
This site provides information regarding types of body movement. Movement types are generally paired, with one being the opposite of the other. Body movements are always described in relation to the anatomical position of the body:...
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Open Stax: Skeletal Muscle
This site includes information about skeletal muscles, of which the best-known feature is its ability to contract and cause movement.
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