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| bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial skeleton |
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| the deposition of calcium salts within a tissue |
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| cord of dense fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone |
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| joint; point where two bones meet |
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| the bones of the skull, vertebral column, thorax, and sternum |
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| a small sac filled with fluid and located at friction points, especially joints |
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| dense bone that contains parallel osteons |
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| the study of the structural features of the body without the aid of a microscope |
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| a form of cartilage growth through the growth, mitosis, and secretion of chondrocytes in the matrix |
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| a bone cell responsible for the maintenance and turnover of the mineral content of the surrounding bone |
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| a system of interconnecting canals in the microscopic structure of adult compact bone; unit of bone |
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| incomplete bony basin formed by the two coxal bones that secures the lower limbs to the sacrum of the axial skeleton |
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| immovable fibrous joint that connects the bones of the adult skull |
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| a fluid secreted by the synovial membrane; lubricates joint surfaces and nourishes articular cartilages |
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| that portion of the body trunk above the diaphragm and below the neck |
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| a cord of fibrous tissue that connects bones |
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