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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Unit of compact bone
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osteon
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Large rounded projection
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Tuberosity
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Narrow ridge of bone
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Crest
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Very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process.
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Trochanter
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small rounded projection or process
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Tubercle
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Raised area on or above a condyle
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Epicondyle
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Sharp, slender, often pionted projection
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Spine
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Prominence or projection
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Process
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bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Head
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
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Facet
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Rounded articular projection
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Condyle
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Cavities
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Sinus
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Space within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane
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sinus
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Deppressions & openings that allow blood vessels and nerves to pass.
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Meatus
Fossa Groove Fissure Foramen |
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Canal-like passage way
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Meatus
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Shallow, basin-like deppression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface.
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Fossa
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Furrow
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Groove
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Narrow, slitlike opening
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Fissure
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Round, oval opening through a bone
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Foramen
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Shaft of long bone
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Diaphysis
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Fibrous membrane covering of long bone
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Periosteum
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Ends of the long bone
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Epiphysis
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Covers the compact bone at the ends instead of periosteum
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Articular Cartilage
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Composed of hyaline cartilage that provides smooth and glassy surface to prevent friction at joint surfaces.
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Articular Cartilage
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Inside lining of the shaft of the long bone
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Endosteum
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Storage region for adipose tissue
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Yellow Marrow
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Involves forming of blood cells, in adults located at the epiphysis of long bones
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Red Marrow
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Thin area of hyaline cartlilage that provides longitudinal growth.
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Epiphyseal Plate
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Remnants of epiphyseal plates
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Epiphyseal lines
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Tiny canals radiating out ward form a central canal to the lacunae of the first lacunae
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Canaliculi
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