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59 Cards in this Set
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Perichondrium
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Dense Connective Tissue Girdle covering the outside of the cartilage
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Hyaline Cartilage
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Provides support, flexibility, and resilience and is the most abundant cartilage in the body
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Elastic Cartilage
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Similiar to Hyaline with elastic fibers
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Fibrocartilage
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Colagen fibers with great tensile strength
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Articular cartilage
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Covers the end of most bones at the joints. Ex: Hyaline cartilage
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Costal Cartilage
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Coonects the ribs to the sternum. A hyaline cartilage.
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Respitory Cartilage
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Form the skelaton of the larynx and reinforce the respiratory passageways.
A hyaline cartilage |
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Nasal Cartilage
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Supports the external nose
A hyaline cartilage |
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Epiglottis
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The flap that covers the larnyx when swallowing.
An elastic cartilage |
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Minisci
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Cartilage in the knee.
A fibrocatilage |
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Pubic symphisis
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Cartilage in the pubis
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Appositional Growth
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Exterior bone growth
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Interstitial Growth
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Interior bone growth
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Axial Skeleton
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Long axis of the body.
Skull, vertabrae, ribcage |
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Appendicular Skeleton
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Upper / Lower limbs
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Types of Bones
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Long, Short, Flat, Irregular
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Functions of the Bones
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Support, Protection, Movement, Mineral and growth factor storage, Blood cell formation, Triglyceride storage
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Hematopoiesis
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Blood cell formation
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded projection
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Crest
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Narrow ridge of bone
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Trochanter
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Large, blunt irregular shaped process. Only found in femur.
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Line
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Narrow, prominent ridge of bone
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Tubercle
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Small, rounded projection
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Epicondyle
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Raised area above a condyle
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Spine
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Sharp, slender projection
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Process
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Any bone projection
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Head
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Bony expansion carried on a neck
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Facet
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
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Condyle
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Rounded, articular projection
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Ramus
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Armlike bar
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Groove
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Furrow
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Fissure
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Narrow slit-like opening
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Foramen
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Round opening through a bone
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Notch
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Indentation at the end of a structure
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Meatus
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Canal like passage
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Sinus
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Cavity within a bone
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Fossa
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Shallow, Basinlike depression in a bone
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Compact Bone
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Dense outer bone
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Cancellous Bone
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Spongy bone
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Trabeculae
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Needle-like pieces found in spongy bone. Filled with red or yellow marrow.
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Diaphysis
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Elongated shaft of a bone
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Medullary Cavity
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Marrow Cavity or Yellow Marrow Cavity in adults
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Epiphyses
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The end of a long bone
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Metaphysis
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Epiphseal line which is the remnant of a growth plate
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Periosteum
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Double layered protective tissue that covers and protects the bone
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Endosteum
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Lines the canals that pass through the bone and covers the trabeculae of the spongy bone
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Hematopoietic Tissue
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Red Marrow
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Diploe
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Internal layer of spongy bone in flat bones
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Osteogenic
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Stem Cell
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Osteoblast
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Bone forming cells
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Osteocyte
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Mature bone cells
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Osteoclast
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Bone-resorbing cell
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Haversian System
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A structural unit of bone called an osteon.
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Lamellae
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Weight bearing columns like matrix tubes.
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Haversian Canal
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Runs at right angle to the central bone canal. Connects blood vessels and nerves.
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Lacumae
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Small cavities containing osteocytes
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Canaliculi
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Hairlike canals that connect lacunae to each other and the central canal
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Osteoid
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Organic bone matrix secreted by osteoblasts
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Hydroxyapatites
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65% of bone mass made mainly from calcium and phosphate crystals
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