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21 Cards in this Set
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Skeleton
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Supports body
Protects internal organs Provides for movement stores mineral reserves site for blood cell formation |
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# of Bones
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206
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Axial Skeleton
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Skull, vertebral column, rib cage,
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Appendicular
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Arms, Legs, pelvis, shoulder bones
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Compact Bone
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Dense layer of tissue filled with haversian canals
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Haversian Canal
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Solid network of tubes in compact bone that contain blood vessels and nerves
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Spongy Bone
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Less dense, hart tissue on ends
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Bone Marrow
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within bone soft tissue
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yellow marrow
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made of fat cells
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Red Marrow
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produces red blood cells, white blood celss
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Cartilage
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scattered in a network of collagen and elastin protein fibers
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Ossification
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Process of cartilage being replaced by bone
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Osteoblast cells
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Create Bone
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Osteocyte
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maintain bone
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Osteoclast
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break down one
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Long Bones
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have growth plates at either end
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Growth of Cartilage
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causes bone to lengthen
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Joints
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place where one bone attaches to another is a joint
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Immovable Joint
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allow no movement bones are interlocked
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Slightly moveable
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permit small amounts of movement
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Freely moveable joints
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permit movement in one or more directions
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