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14 Cards in this Set
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axial skeleton
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the bones that lie around the bodys center of gravity.
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appendicular skeleton
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bones of the limbs, or appendages
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Name the 2 basic kinds of osseous tissue that differ in their texture.
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compact bone and spongy bone
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what does compact bone look like?
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smooth and homogeneous
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what does spongy bone look like?
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composed of trabeculae of bone and lots of open space.
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long bones
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much longer than they are wide - shaft with heads. made mostly of compact bone
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short bones
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are cubed shaped, and contain more spongy bone than compact bone.
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flat bones
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thin with two wafer-like layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone.
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irregular bones
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bones that do not fall under long, short, or flat. i.e. bones of the vertebrae
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name the two subcategories of bones.
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sesamoid and sutural bones
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sesamoid bones
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special types of short bones formed in tendons
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sutural bones
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tiny bones within cranial bones
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projecttions and processes are?
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sites of muscle attachment, or help form joints.
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depressions, cavities, indentations, or openings show that?
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they served as conduits for nerves and blood vessels
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