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19 Cards in this Set
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acetabulum |
Rounded depression, or socket, in the pelvis that joins the femur, joining the hip |
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acromion |
Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder. It overlies the shoulder joint and articulates with the clavicle |
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articular cartilage |
Thin layer of cartilage covering the bone in the joint space |
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Bone depression |
Opening or hollow region serving as a connectjon for bones, or passageways for blood vessels and nerves. Examples are fissure, foramen, fossa, and sinus |
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bone |
Dense, hard connective tissue composing the skeleton. Examples are long bones, short bones, flat bones, and sesamoid bones. |
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bone process |
Enlarged area that extends from bones as an attachment for muscles,. tendons and ligaments. Examples are bone head, condyle, epicondyle, trochanter, tubercle, and tuberosity. |
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calcuim |
One of the mineral constituents of bone, Calcium phosphate is the major calcium salt in bones. |
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cancellous bones |
Spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of a bone |
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Cartilage |
Flexible, rubbery connective tissue. It is found in the immature skeleton at eh epiphyseal growth plate and on joint surfaces |
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collagen |
Dense connective tissue protein strands found in bone and other tissues |
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compact bones |
hard dense bone tissue usually found around the outer portion of bones |
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cranial bones |
skull bones ethmoid frontal occipotal parietal sphenoid and temporal |
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diaphysis |
shaft, or mid-portion of a long bone |
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disk |
flat round plate like structure. An intervertebral disk is a fibrocartilaginouis substance between two vertebrae |
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epiphyseal plate |
cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth take place in the immature skeleton |
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epiphysis |
Each end of a long bone the area beyond the epiphyseal plate |
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facial bones |
bones of the face lacrimal mandibular maxilary nasal vomer and zygomatic |
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fontanelle |
soft spot between the skull bones of an infant |
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foramen magnum |
opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes |