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Anatomy - Characteristics [Midterm]
Give characteristics of various anatomical features.
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Anatomy
12th Grade
01/18/2011
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skeletal muscle
 Definition
voluntary; striated; many nuclei
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melanocytes
 Definition
all skin have equal number of these
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osteon
 Definition
unit in which bone cells are arranged in concentric circles around longitudinal tubes
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osteoblasts
 Definition
bone-building cells
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osteoclasts
 Definition
bone-destroying cells
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intramembraneous bone
 Definition
bone that develops between sheet-like layers of connective tissue
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epiphyseal disk (plate)
 Definition
area in long bones in which cell division results in elongation of bone
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