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Most fractures occur because bones lack? |
Torsional strength |
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The head of a long bone is called? |
Epiphysis |
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The periosteum is crucial to bone survival because it? |
.contains blood vessels and bone forming cells |
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Which part of bone produces blood cells? |
Red bone marrow |
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The type of bone found in the ends of long bones and in the centers of most other bones is? |
Cancellous bone |
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What effect does physical stress have on bone? |
It stimulates osteocytes to create new bone |
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A fetus first skeleton is composed primarily of? |
Cartilage |
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What is the name of the basic structural unit of bone? |
Osteon |
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Osteoporosis increases a patients risk for? |
Bone fractures |
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What is the name of a fracture in which the bone pierces the skin? |
Compound |
