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24 Cards in this Set
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Medullary cavity
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Cavity filled with yellow marrow
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Diaphysis
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Shaft of the bone
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Epiphysis
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Ends of the bone
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Epiphyseal plate
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The growth area for lengthening as seen in the bone of children
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Epiphyseal line
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Remnant of epiphyseal plate in the mature bones of adults
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Periosteum
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Outer cover of connective tissue
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Endosteum
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Epithelial lining of medullary cavity
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Articular cartilage
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Protective covering of hyaline cartilage at the ends of bone, which stop friction.
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Sesamoid bones
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Short bone that forms within tendons
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Eg the patella in the knee
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Flat bones
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Outer layer compact compact bone, spongy bone within.
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Irregular bones
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Those that don't fit into any other category.
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Vertebrae & hip bones
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Axial skeleton - skull
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Cranium 8, face 14, ear 6 & hyoid bone.
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Vertebral column
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26 vertebrae in adult, 33 in an embryo.
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The sternum
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3 bones fused
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The ribs
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12 pairs (7 true, 5false)
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Shoulder girdle
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2 scapulae & 2 clavicles
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Wrist bones
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8 carpal bones in wrist
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Hand bones
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5 metacarpal
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Finger bines
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14 phalanges (2thumb & 3 in each finger)
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Ankle & foot bones
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7 tarsals & 5 metatarsals in each foot.
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What is another name for a joint
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Articulations
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Fibrous joints
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Joined by connective tissue. Found in the skull. The joint is immovable.
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Cartilaginous joints
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Where bone ends are connected by cartilages. Example joint between vertebrae in the spine which r connected by fibrocartilage. Joint is slightly moveable.
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Synovial joints
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Bone ends separated by a cavity filled with synovial fluid. Coin in all joints of the limbs & are freely moveable.
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