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Haverisan system |
Microscopic unit of compact bone; also called osteon |
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Articular cartilage |
Friction reducing structure found on the outer surface of the epiphysis |
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Diaphysis |
Shaft of the long bone |
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Epiphysis |
The end of a long bone |
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Periosteum |
Tough outer connective tissue covering the diaphysis of a long bone |
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Epiphyseal disc |
Band of Hyaline cartilage concerned with longitudinal bone growth; called the growth plate |
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Bone marrow |
Blood-cell making part of the bone |
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Medullary cavity |
Hollow center of the shaft of a long bone |
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Osteoblast |
An immature bone- making cell |
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Osteoclast |
The eroding activity of this cell creates the medullary cavity and remodels the bone |
Calcium to blood |
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Osteocyte |
Mature bone cell |
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