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Animal Science Chapter Three Flashcards

1
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Cortical bone is ______

A

is hard, dense, strong bone

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2
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Cortical bone forms the ____ layer of bone. Also called compact bone

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Outer

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3
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What is cancellous bone?

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A lighter, less strong bone that is found in the ends and inner portions of long bones. Also called spongy bone

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4
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What is a long bone?

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Bones consisting of a shaft; two ends and a marrow cavity

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5
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What are short bones?

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Cube shaped bones with no marrow cavity

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6
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What are flat bones

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Thin, flat bones

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7
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What are pneumatic bones

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Unpaired bones

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8
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What are irregular bones?

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Unpaired bones

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9
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Sesamoid bone

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Small bones embedded in a tendon

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10
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What is an osteoblasts

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Immature bone cells that produce bony tissue

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11
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Define osteoclasts

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Are phagocytize cells that eat away bony tissue from the medullary cavity of bone

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12
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Define Osteocytes

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Mature osteoblasts

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13
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____ allow no movement

A

Synarthrosis

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14
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_____ allow slight movement

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Amphiarthrosis

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15
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_____ allows free movement

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Diarthroses

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16
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Define suture

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Is a jagged line where bones join and form a non movable joint. Example: found in the skull

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17
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Fontanelle

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A soft spot remaining at the junction of sutures that usually closes after birth. An example would be in the skull

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18
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Define symphysis

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A joint where two bones join and are held firmly together so that they function as one bone. Example: pelvis

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19
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Define cartilaginous joint/ symphysis

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A joint where two bones join and are held firmly together so they function as one joint
Example is pelvis

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20
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Define Synovial joint

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A ball and socket joint. Example would be at the shoulder

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21
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Ball and socket joint

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Allows a wide range of motion in many directions such as the hip joint

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22
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Define Arthrodial joint

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Joints with oval projections that fit into a socket. Example is carpal joint

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23
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Define trochoid joint

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Pulley shaped joints like the connection. Between the atlas and axis. Example is axis and atlas

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24
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Define Hinge joint

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Allows motion In one place or direction. Example is canine stifle and elbow joint

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25
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Gliding joints

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Move or glides over each other. Example is radioulner joint or the articulating process between successive vertebrae. Example is radioulner

26
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Define saddle vertebrae

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Located in the metacarpal joint of the thumb. Example is thumb

27
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A band of fibrous connective tissue that connects one bone to another bone

28
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A band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bone

29
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Define aperture

30
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Define canal

31
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Define condyle

A

Rounded projection

32
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Crest

A

High projection or border projection

33
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Crista

34
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Dens

A

Toothlike structure

35
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Eminence

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Surface projection

36
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Facet

A

Smooth area

37
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Foramen

38
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Fossa

A

Low projection or ridge

39
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Define Fovea

40
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Head

A

Major protrusion

41
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Lamina

A

Thin, flat plate

42
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Define line

A

Low projection or ridge

43
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Malleolus

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Rounded projection

44
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Meatus

A

Passage or opening

45
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Process

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Projection

46
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Protuberance

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Projecting part

47
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Ramus

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Branch or smaller structure given off by a larger structure

48
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Sinus

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Space or cavity

49
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Sulcus

50
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Suture

51
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Trochanter

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Broad flat projection

52
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Trochlea

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Pulley shaped structure in which other structures pass or articulate

53
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Tubercle

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Small rounded projection

54
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Tuberosity

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Projecting part

55
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What is inflammatory condition of join called?.

56
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Inflammation of the bursa is called ____

57
Q

Joint pain

A

Arthralgia

58
Q

Loss of joint mobility caused by disease, injury or surgery

59
Q

Cartilage disease

A

Chondromalacia

60
Q

Benign growth on the bone surface

61
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Death of bone tissue

A

Osteocrosis

62
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Bone pain

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