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Periosteum |
Layer containing the external surface of a bone, a dense connective tissue |
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Trabeculae |
Small struts in bone |
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Hemopoiesis/ hemetopoiesis |
Process of blood cell formation |
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Spongy (cancellous) bone |
Makes up epiphyses, formed by networks of trabeculae |
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Epiphysis |
Expanded end of bone covered by articular cartilage |
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Endosteum |
Lines spaces, cavities |
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Medullary cavity |
Hollow chamber in diaphysis; contains marrow |
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Diaphysis |
Bone shaft |
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Compact bone |
Wall of diaphysis; composed of osteons |
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Bone matrix |
Contains calcium and collagen fibers |
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Canaliculus |
Small tunnel in bone for osteocyte process |
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Lacunae |
Chambers/spaces that contain osteocytes |
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Lamellae |
Layers of matrix around a central canal |
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Interstitial lamellae |
Fill in spaces between osteons |
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Circumferential lamellae |
Go all the way around the bone |
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Organic/ protein portion |
The component of bone matrix that is changed by heat: collagen |
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Coronal suture |
Joint between the frontal and parietal bones |
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Squamous suture |
Joint between the temporal and parietal bones |
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Perpendicular plate |
The top half of the nasal septum |
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Lambdoid suture |
Joint between the occipital and parietal bones |
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Temporal bone |
Bone that surrounds the ear |
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Mandibular condyle |
Rounded surface involved in temperomandibular joint |
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Coronoid process (skull) |
Process for attachment of chewing muscles |
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Palantine process (skull) |
Anterior portion of hard palate |
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Mandibular fossa |
Depression for the condyle of the temperomandibular joint |
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Occipital condyle |
Rounded area for articulation with the atlas |
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Cribriform plate |
Horizontally thin section of a bone at the roof of the nasal cavity; below the crista galli |
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Sphenoid bone |
Bat or owl shaped bone that makes up the floor of the middle cranial fossa |
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Lacrimal bone |
Bone that surrounds the tear drainage duct |
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Vertebral arch |
"Sides" of the vertebra, formed by fusion of the pedicle and lamina |
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Pedicle |
Anterior portion of vertebral arch between body & transverse process |
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Lamina |
Posterior portion of vertebral arch between spinous & transverse processes |
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Glenoid cavity |
Located on the scapula |
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Olecranon process |
Located on the ulna |
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Styloid process locations |
Found on both the ulna and radius |
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Scaphoid |
One of the carpal bones |
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Lateral malleolus |
Located on fibula |
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Coronoid fossa location |
Found on hunerous |
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Medial malleolus |
Located on tibia |
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Primary curvatures |
Thoracic, sacral |
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Intramembranous bones |
Develop from thin layers of connective tissue |
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Endrochondral bone |
Form from hyaline cartilage |
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Substances stored in bone |
Calcium and phosphorus |
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Pectoral girdle |
Clavicle and scapula |
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Fibrous joints |
Held together by dense connective tissue, may ossify: syndesmosis, suture, gomphosis (no movement) |
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Syndesmosis |
Bound together by sheet of dense connective tissue, amphiarthrotic |
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Synarthrotic |
Immovable |
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Cartilaginous joints |
Connected by hyaline cartilage: synchondrosis, symphysis |
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Cartilaginous joints |
Connected by hyaline cartilage: synchondrosis, symphysis (slight movement) |
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Synovial joints |
Most joints, diarthrotic (freely movable): ball-and-socket, condylar, plane, hinge, pivot, saddle |
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Articular cartilage |
Covers end of each bone |
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Menisci |
Attached to joint capsule, cushion articulating surfaces & help distribute body weight |
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Condylar joint |
Oval fits into oval cavity, 2 planes of movement: between metacarpals and phalanges |
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Plane/Gliding joint |
Nonaxial movement, two flat surfaces: wrist and ankle joints, ribs to sternum, between femur & patella, sacroiliac joint |
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Hinge joint |
Convex into concave, 1 plane of movement: elbow, phalanges, knee |
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Knee joint articulations |
Femur & patella, tibia & femur |
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Flexion |
Decreases angle, closer to body |
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Dorsiflexion |
Ankle toward the shin |
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Supination |
Palms facing up |
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Pronation |
Palms facing down |
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Protraction |
Head pushed forward |
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Retraction |
Head pushed backward |
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Elevation |
Looking up |
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Depression |
Looking down |
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Fontanels |
Allow the fetal skull to change shape during birth |