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Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue that connect muscles to the skeleton are called:
cartilage |
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vertebra |
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ligaments |
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tendons |
Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue called tendons connect muscles to the skeleton while another type of connective tissue called ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints (elbow, knee, fingers, spinal column).
Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?
all of these |
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dense |
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makes up most of Earth's volume |
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hot |
Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.
Force is measured in newtons (N) with 1 N being the force required to impart an acceleration of:
1 m/s to a mass of 1 kg |
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1 mph to a mass of 1 kg |
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1 m/s2 to a mass of 1 kg |
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1 m/s2 to a mass of 1 kg/s2 |
Weight is a force that describes the attraction of gravity on an object. Force is measured in newtons (N) with 1 N being the force required to impart an acceleration of 1 m/s2 to a mass of 1 kg.
__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.
scurvy |
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anemia |
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shingles |
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diabetes |
Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.
What prevents blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart?
platelets |
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valves |
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capillaries |
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atria |
The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.