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37 Cards in this Set
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Any bony projection or bump
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Process
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Large, rounded projection, may be roughened
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Tuberosity
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Small rounded projection
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Tubercle
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Very large,blunt,irregular shaped process; only example is on the femur
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Trochanter
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Narrow ridge of bone; less prominent than the crest
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Line/Linea
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Sharp, slender, often pointed projection
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spine
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Raised area on or above a condyle
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Epicondyle
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Bone expansion carried on a narrow neck
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Head
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A narrow connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis
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Neck
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Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
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facet
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Large, rounded articular process
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Condyle
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Bridge of bone
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Ramus
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A chamber within a bone, normally filled with air
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sinus
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Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone, often serving as an articular surface
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Fossa
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A rounded hole for blood vessels, ligaments or nerves
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Foramen
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The long end of long bone
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Epiphysis
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a cell that produces the fibers & matrix of bone
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Osteoblast
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A mature bone cell; maintenance & turnover of material content of the surrounding bone
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Osteocyte
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A cell that dissolves the fibers & matrix of bone
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Osteoclast
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Formation of bone
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ossification
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The basic histological unit of a compact bone
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Osteon
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includes bones of the limbs & pectoral & pelvic
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Appendicular skeleton
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longitudinal axis of the body( skull, chest, spine)
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Axial skeleton
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Name 4 types of bones
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long, Flat, short, irregular
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Shaft of bone
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Diaphysis
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ends of long bones
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Epiphyses
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a small pit or cavity
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Lacunae
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concentric layers of bone within an osteon
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Lamellae
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passageway in bone to permit nutrients and waste to and from osteocytes
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Canaliculi
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covering of the fibrous connective tissue of the surface of the bone
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Periosteum
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cartilaginous within the bone of the epiphysis of a long bone that grows
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Epiphyseal plate(disk)
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Blood cells--forming tissues in spaces within bones
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Red marrow
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Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints
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Articular cartilage
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primary(before birth)/secondary (after birth) with epiphyseal cartilage present there is long bone growth.
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Endochondral ossification(long bone formation)
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Osteoblast invade/resurface compact bone. Fontanels(6) in ages up to 6yrs of age
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Intramenbranous ossification(flat bone formation)
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Cavity with in the diaphysis of a long bone containing marrow
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Medullary cavity
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Fat storage found in the cavities within certain bones
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Yellow marrow
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