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Irregular bones formed between cranial bones |
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•Small, flat, and somewhat shaped like sesame seed
•Develop in tendons of knee, hands, and feet |
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•Covers portions of epiphysis that form articulations
•Avascular and receives resources from synovial fluid |
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| connects epiphysis to shaft |
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•Filled with marrow
•Red bone marrow (red blood cell production)
Yellow bone marrow (adipose storage) |
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•Mature bone cells that cannot divide
•Maintain protein and mineral content of adjacent matrix
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•Separated by layers of matrix (lamellae)
•Connected with canaliculi |
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Produce new bony matrix
•Become osteocytes once surrounded by bony matrix
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•Mesenchymal (stem) cells that produce cells that differentiate into osteoblasts
•Important in fracture repair |
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•Remove and remodel bone matrix
•Giant cells with 50+ nuclei |
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•Incomplete cellular layer lining medullary cavity
•Covers spongy bone and lines central canals |
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