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| This type of bone forms at the roof of the skull, the sternum, the ribs, and the scapulae. |
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| Also called Wormian bones, they are flat, small, and irregularly shaped and are located between the flat bones of the skull. |
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| These bones are located in the arm and forearm, thigh and leg, palms, soles,fingers, and toes. |
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| This bone type has complex shapes with short, flat, notched, or rigid surfaces. Examples include the spinal vertebrae and the bones in the pelvis. |
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| these bones develope inside the tendons and are most commonly located near joints at the knees, the hands, and the feet. |
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| these bones are short and boxy. examples include bones bones in the wrists and ankles. |
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| a large passageway through the substance of a bone |
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| a chamber within a bone that is normally filled with air |
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| small, rounded passageway through which blood vessels or nerves penetrate the bone. |
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| an elongated cleft or gap |
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| these cells produce new bone matrix in a process called osteogenesis |
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| maintain the protein and mineral content of the surrounding matrix through the turnover of matrix components |
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| cells that remove and recycle bone matrix |
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| stem cells that divide to produce daughter cells that differentiate into osteoblasts |
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