This document discusses various types of crystal defects including point defects, linear defects (dislocations), and planar defects. It explains that plastic deformation occurs due to the movement of dislocations along specific crystallographic planes and directions known as slip systems. Face-centered cubic metals have 12 possible slip systems comprising the {111} family of planes and <110> directions within each plane. Body-centered cubic and hexagonal close-packed metals also have defined slip systems that allow plastic deformation through dislocation movement.