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| bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column |
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| bones of the limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skelton |
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| functions of the skeletal system |
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| support, storgae of minerals, blood cell production, protection, and leverage |
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| avascular and receives resources from synovial fluid |
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| accounts for about 2/3 bone weight |
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| mature bone cells that cannot divide, most numerous bone cell type, maintain protein and mineral content of adjacent matrix, and occupy lacunae |
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| outer and inner surfaces of compact bone layer |
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| increases bone diameter of existing bones, does not form original bones |
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| join the bone to tendons and ligaments |
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| consists of two layers: fibrous outer layer, and cellular inner layer |
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| secondary ossification centers |
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| form as capillaries and osteoblasts migrate into epiphyses |
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| epiphyseal cartiladge grows unusually slow |
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| overproduction of growth hormone before puberty |
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| fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
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| gene mutation that causes bone deposition around skeletal muscles |
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| growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close and bones get thicker, especially those in face, jaw and hands |
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| increase blood calcium levels |
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| decrease blood calcium levels |
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