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hematopoiesis |
used to describe the process of blood cell formation. |
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blood cell formation |
a vital process carried on in red bone |
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red bone marrow |
soft connective tissue found inside the hard walls of some bones that produces both red and white blood cells |
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four types of bone |
1. long- humerous or upper arm bone 2. short- carpals or wrist bones 3. flat- frontal or skull bone 4. irregular- vertebrae or spinal bones |
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osteocytes |
within the hard matrix formally called osteoblasts |
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cartilage |
resembles and differs from bone ex. nose, ear and in between joints -flexible |
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chondrocytes |
produce cartilage, cartilage cells |
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endochondral ossification |
formed within cartilage |
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epiphyseal plate |
remains between a epiphysis and the diaphysis, growth continues (growth plate) fusses over when done |
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human skeleton has 2 divisions |
1. axial skeleton 2. appendicular skeleton |
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paranasal sinuses |
have openings into the nose lighter skin, pockets |
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frontal sinusitis (common cold) |
inflammation in the frontal sinus -itis added to a word mean "inflammation of" |
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mastoliditis (severe sinus infection) |
inflammation of the air spaces within the mastoid portion of the temporal bone, can produces serious medical issues if not treated promptly , go to brain |
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sutures (immovable joints) |
two partial bones give shape to the bulging topside of the skull |
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lambdoidal suture |
with the occipital bone |
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squamous suture |
with the temporal bone and part of the sphenoid |
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cornal suture |
with the frontal bone |
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fontanels |
allow some compression of the skull during birth without much risk of breaking the skull bones, -------fuse to form sutures before a baby is 2 years old |
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3 joint types |
1. synarthroses (no movement) 2. amphiarthroses (slight movement) 3. diarthroses (free movement) |
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synarthroses |
fibrous connective tissue grows between the articulating bones holding them close together |
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amphiarthrosis |
cartilage connects the articulating bones |
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diarthroses |
made alike in certain ways. have joint capsule, joint cavity, and layer of cartilage over the ends of two joining bones |
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osteosarcoma |
most common and devastating malignant neoplasm of bone --------cancer of the bone |
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chondrosarcoma |
cartilage tissue and is the second most common type of cancer affecting bones------cancer cartilage |
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osteomyelitis |
bacterial infections of bone and marrow tissue |