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| Bones of the thorax,skull, and the vertebral column. |
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| Bones of limbs and girdles that attach to the axial skeleton. |
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| Remove and remodel bone matrix. |
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| Mesenchymal cells that produce cells that differentiate into osteoblasts. |
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Maintain protein and mineral content of adjacent matrix.
Cannot divide. |
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Prouce new bony matrix.
Become osteocytes once surrounded by bony matrix. |
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| Organized concentric lamellae around a central canal. |
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| Appositional bone growth: |
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| Increases bone diameter of existing bones. |
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| Circumferential lamellae: |
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| Outer and inner surfaces of compact bone layer. |
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| Fills spaces between osteons. |
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| Located where bones not heavily stresssed or in many direction. |
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Created by osteoblasts in periosteum cellular layer.
Connects tendons, ligaments, and joint capsules to bone through periosteum. |
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| Intramembranous ossification: |
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| Begins as mesenchymal (stem) cells differentiate into osteoblasts within embryonic or fibrous connective tissue. |
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| Covers spongy bone and lines central canals. |
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