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Short Bones
cubed shaped and find them in your wrist and ankles.
Sesamoid Bone
patella (found in knee cap).
Long Bones
you find them in legs and arms. They have "shafts" aka diaphysis. The ends of the bones are called epiphysis.
Epithelial Plate aka Growth Plate
located between the shaft and the end of the long bones.
Flat Bones...
...examples are the skull, scapula and sternum.
Irregular Bones
are those such as the pelvis and vertabras.
Functions of Bones
support, protection, store minerals and blood cell formation.
Bone Markings
are located on the outside of the bone, it has marks to attach cartilage.
Compact Bone
has a dense outer layer, its solid and smooth.
Spongy Bone
lays internal to compact bone.
Haversion System
structural unit that gives strength.
Volkman Canals
connects two aversion canals to each other.
Lamella
dollar sign shaped objects found in the aversion canal.
Ostioblast
Bone Maker
Ostioclasts
Bone Breaker
Ostiocytes
mature bone cells described as spider-like.
Inter-membrane Ossification
when the bone forms from the fibrous membrane also known as "membrane bone". This usually happens week 8 of pregnancy.
Endo-condral Ossification
bone development from replacing cartilage, especially hyaline cartilage.
A-Positional (bone)
grows width wise.
Wolfs Law
states that a bone can only advance according to the demands that are put on it.
Osteomalasia
bone softening also classified as the precursor for Osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis
osteoclasts > osteoblasts
Paget's Disease
refers to more spongy bone to compact bone.
Displaced or Non-Displaced Fractures
bone still in alignment or not aligned.
Greenstick Fracture
incomplete fracture.
Linear Fracture
breaks the long way, like a line in the bone.
Comminude Fracture
shattered.
Segmental Fracture
breaks into segments.
Compound Fracture
the break also breaks the skin.