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Osteoclast |
a large multinucleate bone cell that absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing. |
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Osteoblast |
a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation |
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Osteocytes |
a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted. |
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Compact bone |
Compact bone makes up 80 percent of the human skeleton |
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Spongy bone |
is found at the ends of long bones, as well as in the pelvic bones, ribs, skull, and the vertebrae in the spinal column. Sort of hollow. |
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Articular cartilage |
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 |
a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints. |
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Epiphysis |
the end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft. |
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Diaphysis |
the shaft or central part of a long bone |
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Red marrow |
contain the developmental stages of red blood cells, white blood cells, and megakaryocytes. |
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Yellow marrow |
bone marrow in which the stroma of the reticular network are largely filled primarily with fat |
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Medullary cavity |
is the central cavity of bone shafts where red bone marrow and/or yellow bone marrow (adipose tissue) is stored |
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Endochondral bone |
one of the two essential processes during fetal development of the mammalian skeletal system by which bone tissue is created |
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Intramembranous bone |
one of the two essential processes during fetal development of the gnathostome (excluding chondrichthyans such as sharks) skeletal system by which rudimentary bone tissue is created. |
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Acetabul- |
Vinegar cup |
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Ax- |
Axis |
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-blast |
Budding |
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Carp- |
Wrist |
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-clast |
Break |
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Condyl- |
Knob |
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Corac- |
A crow's beak |
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Cribr- |
Sieve |
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Crist- |
Crest |
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Fov- |
Pit |
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Glen- |
Joint socket |
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Inter- |
Among, between |
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Intra- |
Inside |
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Meat- |
Passage |
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Odont- |
Tooth |
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Poie- |
Make, produce |