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Have thin roughly parallel surfaces,
some examples would be cranial bones and the sternum |
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| Also referred to was Wormian Bones, these are irregular bones formed between cranial bones. The number size and shape of these bones vary. |
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Are relatively long and slender,
examples of this type of bone would be various bones of the limbs |
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The shapes of these bones are complex,
examples of these bones are bones of the pelvis, vertebrae and some facial bones |
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| Are small, flat, and somewhat shaped like a sesame seed. They develop in tendons of the knee, hands, and feet. |
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Short bones are small and boxy.
Examples of this type of bone would be the carpals and tarsals. |
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Canal
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Meatus
(skull surface features) |
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Process
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Sinus
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Chamber within bone, usually filled with air |
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Foramen
(skull surface features) |
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Fissure
(skull surface feature)
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expanded ends of a long bone |
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covers portions of the epiphysis that forms articulations. It is avascular and recieves resources from synovial fuid. |
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Connets epiphysis to the shaft of the long bone |
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Found inside the diaphysis and is filled with red and yellow bone marrow |
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A mature bone cell
(osteo-, bone + cyte, cell) |
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| are found in the inner lining of the periosteum, they the endosteum in the medullary cavity and the passageways containing blood vessels |
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remove and remodel bone matrix |
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Fills the spaces between osteons |
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| Is located where bones aren't heavily stressed or in many directions |
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Contain central canals that are parallel to the bones surface and are connected by perforating canals that are perdendicular to the bones surface |
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Increases bone diameter of the pre-existing bone. It does not form original bones |
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Cartiliage Cells
(chondro-, Cartilage & cyte, cell) |
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A disorder where the epiphyseal cartilage grows unusually slowly. Signs of this are short limbs but normal trunk size. |
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