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20 Cards in this Set
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appendicular skeleton
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bones of limbs
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skeletal system
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bones, joints, cartilage and ligaments
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compact bone
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dense and smooth
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spongy bone
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small needle like pieces and lots of open space
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flat bones
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thin, flattened, and curved
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osteocytes
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mature bone cells
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osteoclasts
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bone destroying cells
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bone remodeling
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essential if bones are to retain normal proportions and strength
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fracture
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break of the bone
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close fracture
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bone breaks and does not penetrate the skin
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comminuted fracture
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bone breaks into many pieces
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greenstick fracture
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bone break incompletely
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frontal bone
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forms forehead, projections under eyebrows
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external auditory meatus
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canal that leads to the eardrum and middle of the ear
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intervertebral disks
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cushion vertebrae and absorb shock
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vertebral foramen
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canal through which spinal cord passes
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coccyx
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formed from the fusion of three to five tiny vertebrae, "tailbone"
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sternum
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fusion of three bones, breast bone
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clavicle
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collarbone, slender doubly curved bone
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cranium
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made of 8 large flat bones
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