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19 Cards in this Set
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Flat Bones
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The skull bones and ribs and bones of the pelvis are types of bones classified by shape as ___
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Long Bones
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Epiphyses at the ends and a diaphysis in the middle describes ___
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Axial Skeleton
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All the bones of the head, vertebral column, and ribcage are considered together as the ___
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Tarsals
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Two examples of short bones in the body are the blocklike bones of the wrists called carpals, and the bones of the ankles known as ___
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Epiphyses
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The two ends of a long bone are known as ___
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Periosteum
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Wherever it lacks a cartilage cover, the long bone is covered with a connective tissue membrane known as the ___
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Yellow Bone Marrow
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The marrow cavity in long bones is filled with ___
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Ossification
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Bone formation takes place by a process called ___
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Epiphyseal Plate
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Before puberty, the long bone lengthens at a zone of cartilage beyond the ossification center called the ___
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Osteoclasts
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Bone is remodeled and dissolved by substances secreted by bone-resorbing cells referred to as ___
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Suture
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An example of a synarthrosis occurring in the skull is a(n) ___
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Flexion
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Movement at a joint in which the angle between two bones is reduced is known as ___
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Abduction
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When a body part is moved away from the midline of the body, the movement is referred to as ___
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Adduction
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When a body part moves toward the midline, the movement is ___
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Rotation
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Twisting the head from side to side, such as when gesturing "no," is the joint movement ___
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Supination
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Turning the hand so that the palm is forward demonstrates the movement ___
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Extension
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While flexion refers to the bending of a joint, the stretching out a joint is ___
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Retraction
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Moving a body part backward, such as pulling in the chin, is a movement called ___
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Protraction
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Moving a body part forward, such as thrusting the chin outward, is ___
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