Bone Structure Flashcards

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Bone structure

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framework of body; has 206 bones; divided in two parts: “Axial” & “Appendicular”

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Axial Skeleton

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bones of head and torso

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Appendicular Skeleton

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bones of the extremeties

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Various Shapes of Bone

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  • flat (ribs & cranium)
  • short (carpals of wrist & tarsals of ankle)
  • irregular (vertebrae & facial bone)
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Long Bone

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-most familiar shape; make up most of appendicular skeleton

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Diaphysis

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long narrow shaft of the “long bone”

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Medullary

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center of diaphysis

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Epiphysis

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proximal & distal ends of the long bone

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