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22 Cards in this Set
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Bone
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Calcified organs composing the skeleton
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Cartilage
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Substance from which bone offifies; a type of connective tissue
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Joint/Articulation
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Junction between bones
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Head
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Enlarged round end of a long bone
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Neck
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Constriction of a bone near its head
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Body
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broadest or longest mass of a bone
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Shaft
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body of a long bone, diaphysis
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Symphysis
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Union of complememtary right and left halves at the midline
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eminence
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low convexity
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Protuberance
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bump larger than eminence
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process
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projection
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spine
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pointed projection or sharp process
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crest
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ridge or border
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condyle
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polished or rounded articular surface
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epicondyle
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elevation above or proximal to condyle
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trochlea
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spool-shaped articualte surface
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facet
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small articular are
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fossa
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shallow depression
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foramen
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hole
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canal
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tubular passage
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epiphysis
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ends of long bone
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diaphysis
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middle/shaft of long bone
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