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10 Cards in this Set
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appositional growth
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growth from outside
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interstitial growth
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growth from inside
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sesamoid bones
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special type of short bone, form in a tendon, patella
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Function of bones
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support
protection movement mineral storage blood cell formation |
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Compact bone
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external layer, yellow bone marrow
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Spongy bone
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internal layer, red bone marrow
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Ostepmalacia (MATCH)
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soft bones
disorders in which the bones dont mineralize |
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Rickets (MATCH)
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Children, bowed legs, deformities of the pelvis, skull, and rib cage
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Osteoporosis
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bone resorption outpaces bone deposits, treated with calcium, vitamin d supplements
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Paget's diease
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excessive bone deposit and resorption, bone contains an abnormally high ration of spongy bone to compact bone, geberally located in the spine, femur, and skull
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