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| covers portions of the epiphysis that articulate with other bones |
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| are generally small, flat, and shaped somewhat like a sesame seed |
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| Bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column |
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| Bones of the limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skeleton |
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| most abundant mineral in body |
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| Thin, roughly parallel surfaces |
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| chamber within bone, usually filled with air |
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| Consist largely of spongy bone |
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| Mature bone cells that cannot divide |
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| Remove and remodel bone matrix |
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| Outer and inner surfaces of compact bone layer |
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| Fill spaces between osteons |
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| Increases bone diameter of existing bones |
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| Created by osteoblasts in periosteum cellular layer |
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| Incomplete cellular layer lining medullary cavity |
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| Secondary ossification centers |
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| centers form as capillaries and osteoblasts migrate into epiphyses |
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| Causes long, slender limbs |
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| Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty |
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| Crack or break due to extreme mechanical stress |
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| Large blood clot develops |
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| network of spongy bone uniting inner edge |
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| Closed or simple fractures |
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| Open or compound fractures |
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