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