Support, Movement and Locomotion

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YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO:

1. Describe the use of a skeleton and muscle system in organisms.
   
2. Identify and describe, from diagrams, photographs and real specimens, the main bones of the forelimb: (humerus, radius, ulna and scapula) of a mammal;
3. Describe the type of movement permitted by the ball and socket joint and the hinge joint of the forelimb;
4. Describe the action of the antagonistic muscles at the hinge joint.
5. Describe the three different types of muscle (striated, smooth, cardiac).

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