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28 Cards in this Set
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An incomplete fracture or cracking of the bone without actual separation of the parts. Common in children.
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Greenstick
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Bone fragments into many pieces.
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Comminuted
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A fracture in which one bone fragment is driven into another.
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Impaction
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Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix
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Osteoclasts
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Cells that can build the bony matrix
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Osteoblasts
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Area where bone growth takes place
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Epiphyseal Plate
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A round or oval hole through a bone that contains blood vessels and/or nerves
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Foramen
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The fingers have three of these bones and the thumb has only two
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Phalanges
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This bone articulates with the glenoid fossa
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Humerus
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Forearm bone that articulates with most of the carpals
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Radius
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Heel bone
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Calcaneus
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The smallest short bone in the hand
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Pisiform
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Pointing toes upward
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Dorsiflexion
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The structural unit of compact bone that resembles the growth rings of a tree
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Osteon
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Each bone lamella has these that wrap in opposite directions
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Collagen Fibers
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These unite all of the bones of the skull except the mandible and therefore make them immovable
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Sutures
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Cheekbones of the face
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Zygomatic bones
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Join the ribs to the sternum
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Costal Cartilage
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Lateral Forearm Bone
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Radius
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How many vertebrae are there?
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7 Cervical
12 Thoracic 5 Lumbar |
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Bending of the tips of the fingers
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Flexion
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A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the?
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Diaphysis
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Most abundant skeletal cartilage?
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Hyaline Cartilage
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The inferiormost part of the sternum?
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Xiphoid Process
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Major function of the intervertebral discs?
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Absorb shock
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Bending your neck back until it hurts?
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Hyperextension
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Articulation permitting only slight degrees of movements?
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Amphiarthroses
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When a ballerina points the toes
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Plantar Flexion
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