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| cephalic (head), cervical (neck), and trunk (thoracic (thorax), dorsal (back), abdominal, and pelvic. |
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| upper limbs (arms and hands), and lower limbs (legs and feet) |
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| divides the body into symmetrical halves. Movement occurs in the frontal axis. Flexion/Extension |
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| divides the body into front and back halves. movement occurs in the saggital axis. adduction/abduction, eversion/inversion. |
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| divides into top and bottom halves. movement occurs in the longitudinal plane. Rotation. |
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| functions of the skeleton |
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1. protection
2. support
3. movement
4. mineral storage
5. hemopoiesis: blood cell formation |
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| composed of a shaft and wide ends. shaft contains the medullary canal. |
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| small, cubical shaped, solid bones |
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| usually have a curved surface, and vary from thick to very thin. |
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| irregular- bones throughout the spine, ischium, pubis, amd maxilla. |
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| hard, dense compact bone forming walls of diaphysis |
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| dense, fibrous membrane covering outer surface of diaphysis |
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| fibrous membrane that lines the inside of the cortex |
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| between walls of diaphysis, containing yellow or fatty marrow |
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| ends of ling bone formed from cancellous (spongy) bone |
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| epiphyseal plate (growth plate) |
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| thin cartilage plate that seperates the diaphysis and epiphysis |
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| articular (hylaine) cartilage |
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| covers the epiphysis proving cushioning to reduce friction |
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| long bones that develop from hyaline cartilage masses after the embryonic stage |
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| cells that form new bones; Blasts Build |
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| cells that resorb new bone; Clasts=Catastrophy |
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| calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, collagen and water |
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| stiff, can withstand greater stress but less strain |
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| spongy, and can go under great stress before fracturing |
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