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Sesamoid bones
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Round bones. Usually small and nodular.
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Epiphysis
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The end of a long bone.
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Diaphysis
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The shaft of the bone, between the epiphyses.
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Periosteum
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A cascular covering of fibrous tissue.
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Trabeculae
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Spongy bone consists of many branching bony plates
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Endosteum
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A thin membrane containing bone forming cells.
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Marrow
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A specialized type of soft connective tissue.
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Osteon
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Layers of extracellular matrix concentrically clustered around a central canal from a cylinder-shaped unit.
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Endochondral
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Most of bones of the skeleton are endochondral bones. They develop from masses of hyaline cartilage shaped like future bony structures.
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Sutures
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Immovable joint, such as that between flat bones of the skull.
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Axial bones
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Pertaining to the head, neck, and trunk.
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Appendicular bones
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Pertaining ot the uper or lower bones besides the head, neck, and trunk.
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Frontal
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Pretaining to the forehead.
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Parietal
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Pretaining to the wall of an organ or cavity.
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Occipital
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