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| A mature, non-dividing bone cell that is derived from an osteoblast. They are essential to the matinence and routine turnover of the connective matrix. |
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| Bone cells that turn cartilage into bone during ossification. They also create the bone matrix. When they are finished, osteocytes take over. Osteoblasts tend to decrease as people get older. |
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Cells that resorb bone. Osteoclasts resorb bone by removing the mineralized matrix. |
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| The rounded ends of bone. The epiphysis is filled with red bone marrow. |
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| The shaft of bone. It contains bone marrow and adipose tissue. |
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| The connective tissue membrane lining the inner cavities of bone. |
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| Double-layer connective tissue that covers the outer surface of bone (except where articular cartilage exists). Ligaments and tendons attach through the periosteum. |
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| Portion of bone between the epiphysis and diaphysis. |
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| Canals in bone tissue that allow blood,lymphatic, and nerves to pass through. |
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| Large central cavity in the diaphysis. Bone marrow is stored there. |
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| Knob; larger than a tubercle |
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| Enlarged (often rounded) bone end. |
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| Smooth, rounded articular surface. The "knuckle" of any joint. |
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A deep depression in bone with two distinct borders that articulates with an adjacent bone.
For example, the trochlea of humerus articulates with the ulna. |
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| The areas of each spinal bone that connect the vertibrates together. |
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| A depression or hollow area in bone. |
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| A type of joint which permits little to no mobility. |
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| A type of continuous, slightly moveable joint. |
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| Any of several types of bone articulation permitting free motion in a joint, as that of the shoulder or hip |
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| Connective tissue in the spaces of cancellous bone or in the medullary cavity, the site of blood cell production. |
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| Fat stored within the medullary cavity or in the spaces of cancellous bone. |
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| Bone that forms that inside of bones, it looks like a sponge. |
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| The outside of bones, it is thick. |
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| Intermembranous Ossification |
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Replacement of sheet-like connective tissue with bony tissue.
Primary in flat bones of the skulls and some irregular bones. |
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| Endochondral Ossification |
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| Replacement of hyaline cartilage with bone tissue. -Most bones form this way. |
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The growth plate.
It is hyaline cartilage with in growing bones. |
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1-Long: longer that wide
2-Short: Just as wide as long
3-Flat: Thin, flat shape, usually curved
4-Irregular:Do not fall into the above categories
5-Sesamoid-small, round (patella)
6-Wormian-small bones at joints of random cranial bones. |
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| 80 bones from vertical axis of body (skull, spine, hyoid, ribs) |
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| Any bone no in the axial skeleton (they attach to axial skeleton directly or indirectly) |
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