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