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Skeletal System |
supports and protects softer tissues, provides points of attachments for muscles, house blood-producing cells & stores inorganic cells. |
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Long bones |
have long longitudinal axes and expanded ends. |
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Short bones |
are cubelike, w/ roughly equal lengths and widths. |
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Sesamoid bone |
or round bone; is usually small & nobular and embedded in a tendon adjacent to a joint. EX: kneecap (patella) |
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Flat bones |
are platelike structures w/ broad surfaces. EX: ribs & scapulae |
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Irregular bones |
have a variety of shapes, most connected to several bones. EX: facial and backbone |
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Epiphysis |
articulates with another bone; at each end of a long bone. |
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Articular cartilage |
the epiphysis is coated with a layer of hyaline cartilage. |
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Diaphysis |
the shaft of the bone |
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Metaphysis |
is the widening part of the bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis. |
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Periosteum |
A bone is enclosed by a tough, vascular covering of dense connective tissue |
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Processes |
Bony projections. EX: provides attachment of ligament & tendons |
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Compact bone or cortical cone |
The wall of the diaphysis is mainly composed of tightly packed tissue |
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Spongy bone or cancellous bone |
the epiphyses are largely composed of thin layers of compact bone on their surfaces.
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Trabeculae |
spongy bone consists of many branching bony plates |
