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| small, flat, irregularly shaped bones between the flat bones of the skull. |
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| complex shapes with short, flat, notched, or ridged surfaces. Examples are spinal vertebrea, bones of pelivs, and several skull bones. |
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| small and boxy. Examples are carpal bones (wrists) and tarsal bones (ankles). |
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| thin, parallel surfaces. Roof of the skull, sternum, ribs, and scapulae. |
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| Long and slender. Located in the arm and forearm, thigh and leg, palms, soles, fingers, and toes. |
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| small, flat, and shaped somewhat like a sesame seed. Develop inside tendons and are most commonly located near joints at the knees, the hands, and the feet. |
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| Also known as the femur. A representative long bone with an extended tubular shaft. |
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| Expanded area loacted at each end of the bone. |
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| The diaphysis is connected to each epiphysis at a narrow zone called this. |
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| Also known as dense bone. Forms a sturdy layer that surrounds the medullary cavity. |
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| Consist of an open network of struts and plates that resembles latticework with a thin covering of compact bone (cortex). |
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| Calcium phosphate interacts with calcium hydroxide to produce this. Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 |
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| Mature bone cells that make up most of the cell population. |
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| Each osteocyte occupies a lacuna, a pocket sandwiched between layers of matrix. This is the name of the layers. |
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| Make and release the proteins and other organic components of the matrix. |
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| Before calcium salts are deposited, this is what the organic matrix is called. |
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| Bone contains small numbers of mesenchymal cells called this... |
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| cells that remove and recycle bone matrix. |
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| This erosion process is important in the regulation of calcium and phosphate concentrations in body fluids. |
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| Basic functional unit of mature compact bone. |
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| Generally run parallel to the surface of the bone. |
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| extend perpendicular to the surface. |
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