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18 Cards in this Set
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Joint |
Point where two bones contact |
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Skeletal system |
Support/protects soft tissue provide points of attachment for muscles to enable body movement |
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Epiphysis |
End of a long bone joint with other bone |
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Periosteum |
Covers the bone |
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Compact bone |
Tightly packed tissue wall of diaphysis |
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Spongey bone |
Consists of branching boney plates composes the epiphyses |
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Cartilage |
Flexible connective tissue |
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Bone marrow |
Produces blood cells stores fatc |
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Diaphysis |
Contains hollow medullary cavity filled with yellow marrow
the shaft or central part of a long bone |
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Osteon |
Provides Nutrition/support/ waste removal in bone |
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Ossification |
Formation of bone |
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Osteocytes |
When extracellular matrix completely surrounds osteoblasts |
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Tendon |
Strong cord of flexible tissue |
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Hemoglobin |
Protein in red blood cells |
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Ligaments |
Fibrous connective tissue |
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Arthritis |
Joint inflammation |
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Haversian canal |
Series of tubes around narrow channels surrounds blood vessels |
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Epiphyseal plate |
Thin layer of cartilage that lies between epiphyses and metaphyses where long bone grows |
