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Bones of the 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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| Thin roughly parrelle surfaces |
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| irregular bones formed between cranial bones. |
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covers portions of
epiphysis that form
articulations. |
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Carry blood to/from
metaphysis |
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Lymphatic vessels collect lymph from bone and osteons |
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Dissolve matrix to release
minerals |
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Important in fracture repair |
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| account for ~1/3 bone weight |
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connect lacunae with each other and central canal |
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Fill spaces between osteons |
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Located where bones not
heavily stressed or in many
directions |
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Increases bone diameter of existing bones |
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Route for blood and nervous supply |
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| bone that grows out in small struts |
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Epiphyseal cartilage grows unusually slowly |
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Excessive cartilage
formation at epiphyseal
cartilage |
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Overproduction of
growth hormone before
puberty |
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| Growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close, bones grow thicker. |
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| Most abundant mineral in the body, 99% deposited in the skeleton. |
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| Crack or break due to extreme mechanical stress. Most heal as long as blood supply and cellular parts of periosteum and endiosteum survive. |
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| One side of shaft broken, one side bent. Generally occurs in children. |
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