The surface of the skin and the lining of the mouth may be subjected to severe stress and are therefore covered by:

Connective tissue cells are held together by:

The tibia transfers the weight to the talus, which in turn transfers MOST of the weight to the next bone, the _______________.

When a variation/stimulus occurs that is outside of normal physiological values, there will be a response that restores or returns conditions back to the normal value. The regulatory mechanism just described is called

An intervertebral disk is bulging, protruding from its original position. Which direction is a bulging disk most likely going to impinge on the spinal cord?

the only vertebrae with transverse foramen are:

Long bones increase in length from:

Your mom is a nurse, she is educated about the importance of proper spinal alignment. She continues to yell at you to sit up straight as you hunch over your computer playing world of warcraft while eating Cheetos. If you have years of poor posture sitting at the computer what is the likely result? Your spinal alignment will likely become _________.

The pelvis in the image has no hyaline cartilage associated with it (has all fused to bone) This pelvis is most likely from:

The radius DOES NOT articulate with: