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34 Cards in this Set
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forms the upright part of the body; it consists of 80 bones of head, thorax, and trunk
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axial skeleton
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contains 126 bones of extremities
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appendicular skeleton
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bone is made up 1/3
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organic
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bone is made up 2/3
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inorganic
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type of bone, hard , dense outer shell
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compact bone
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-porous and spongy portion
-make up most of the articular ends of bones |
cancellous bone
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area at end of each diaphysis
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epiphysis
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longitudinal bone growth occurs here through manufacturing of new bone
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epiphyseal plate
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main shaft of bone ( made up mainly of compact bone )
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diaphysis
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center of diaphysis, hollow
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medullary canal
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membrane that lines the medullary canal, contains osteoclasts
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endosteum
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mainly responsible for for bone resorption
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osteoclasts
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made up mostly of cancellous bone and supports the epiphysis, this is in long bones and is flared at the end of diaphysis
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metaphysis
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thin fibrous membrane covering all the bone except the articular surfaces
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periosteum
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covered with hyaline cartilage
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articular surfaces
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two types of epiphyses found in children
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pressure and traction
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found in children, located at the end of long bones where they receive pressure from the opposing bone making up the joint (where long bone growth occurs)
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pressure epiphysis
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found in children, located where tendons attach to bone
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traction epiphysis
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hole throught which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass
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foramen
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hollow or depression
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fossa
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ditchlike groove containing a tendon or blood vessel
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groove
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canal or tubelike opening in a bone
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meatus
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air-filled cavity within a bone
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sinus
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rounded knuckle like projection
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condyle
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projecting, prominent part of bone
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eminence
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flat or shallow articular surface
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facet
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rounded articular projection beyond a narrow necklike portion of bone
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head
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sharp ridge or border
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crest
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prominence above or on a condyle
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epicondyle
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less prominent ridge
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line
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long thin projection
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spine
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small, rounded projection
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tubercle
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large, rounded projection
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tuberosity
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very large prominence for muscle attachment
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greater trochanter of femur
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