Bone Flash Card List

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Osteoclast

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a large multinucleate bone cell that absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.

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Osteoblast

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a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation.

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Osteocytes

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a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.

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Compact bone

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The compact noncancellous portion of bone that consists largely of concentric lamellar osteons and interstitial lamellae. Also called compact substance .

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Spongy bone

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Bone in which the spicules form a latticework, with interstices filled with embryonic connective tissue or bone marrow. Also called cancellous bone , spongy substance , trabecular bone .

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Articular cartilage

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Articular cartilage is the highly specialized connective tissue of diarthrodial joints. Its principal function is to provide a smooth, lubricated surface for articulation and to facilitate the transmission of loads with a low frictional coefficient

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Periosteum

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a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.

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Epiphysis

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the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.

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Diaphysis

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the shaft or central part of a long bone.

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Red marrow

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characterized by meshes of the reticular network that contain the developmental stages of red blood cells, white blood cells, and megakaryocytes.

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Yellow marrow

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mainly made up of fat cells.

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Medullary cavity

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is the central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored; hence, the medullary cavity is also known as the marrow cavity.

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Endochondral bone

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essential processes during fetal development of the mammalian skeletal system by which bone tissue is created.

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Intramembranous

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development of the gnathostome (excluding chondrichthyans such as sharks) skeletal system by which rudimentary bone tissue is created.

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Acetabul-

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Depression of the coxa that articulate with the heads of femur

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Ax-

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(Axis) upright portion of the skeleton that supports the head ,neck and trunk

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-blast

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(Budding)cell that will form bone tissue

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Carp-

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(Wrist) wrist lones

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-clast

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(Break) cell that breaks down bone tissue

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Condyl-

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(Knob)rounded,bone process

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Corac-

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(A crows beak) beak like process of the scalpula

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Cribr-

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(Sieve) portion of the ethmoid bone with many small opening

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Crist-

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(Arest) bony ridge that projects upward into the cranial cavity

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Fov-

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(Pit) pit in the head of a femur

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Glen-

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(Joint socket) depression in the scapula that articulates with the head of the humerus

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Inter-

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(Amony between) structure located between adjacent vertebrae

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Intra-

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(Inside) bone that forms within sheet like masses of connective tissue

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Meat-

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(Passage) canal of the temporal bone that leads in ward to parts of the ear

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Odont-

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(tooth) toothlike process of the second cervical Vertbra

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Poie-

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(Make/produce) prices by which blood cells are formed