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Bones Flashcards

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Cancellous bone

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Inner spongy structure

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Compact bone tissue

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Hard outer shell

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Medullary cavity

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Filled with yellow marrow which stores fat

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Periosteum

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A tough fibrous vascular membrane on bone surfaces

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Medullary

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Bone marrow

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Anastomoses

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Connections

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Epiphyses

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Ends of the developing bones

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Diaphyses

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Shafts

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Osteoclasts

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Large phagocytic cells

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Femur

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Bone between the hip joint and the stifle

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Humerus

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Bone between the shoulder and the elbow

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Sternum

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Breastbone

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Scapula

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Shoulder blade

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Axial skeleton

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Includes the skull, hyoid bones, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum

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Hyoid bones

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U shaped bones located in the neck

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Appendicular skeleton

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Is made up of the bones of the limb, clavicle, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpus, etc

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Cranium

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Brain case

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Mandible

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Lower jawbone

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Sutures

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Seams

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Sinuses

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Hollow holed in face

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Frontal

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Bone that forms the forehead

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Orbits

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Eye sockets

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Parietal

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Bones form the roof and the upper part of each side of the skull

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Occipital

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Bones forms the back of the skull

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Foramen magnum

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Meaning large hole or opening for the spinal cord

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Temporal

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Bones form part of the cranial floor and the lower part of the sides

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Sphenoid

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Bone at the base of the skull that extends laterally to support parts of the orbit and forms the lateral walks of the skull

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Maxilla

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Bones that form the upper jaw, nose, orbits, and roof of the mouth

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Mandible

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The lower jaw, the only moveable bone of the skull

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Turbinate

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Within the maxilla. Bones of the upper respiratory tract that warms and moistens the air

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Vertebral, spinal column

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Backbone

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Cervical

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Neck vertebraes

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Atlas

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A cervical vertebra that connects to the skull

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Axis

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A cervical vertebra which rotated the skull

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Thoracic vertebra

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Chest

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Lumbar vertebra

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Lower back

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Coccygeal

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Caudal or tail

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True ribs

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Attach to the sternum

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False ribs

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Are attached to the costal cartilage that connects the the sternum

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Floating ribs

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That don’t attach to anything

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Sternum

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Breastbone

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Articulated

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Joined

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Humerus

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A long bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

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Ulna

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Forms the elbow joint with the radius

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Radius

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Cranial long bone of the forelimb

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Carpus

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The wrist

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Illium

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Top part of the pelvis

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Ischium

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Middle part of the pelvis

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Pubis

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The end part of the pelvis

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Femur

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The longest bone in the body

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Stifle joint

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The joint between the femur and the tibia

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Patella

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The knew cap

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Metatarsal

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After the tarsus

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Arthrology

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Study of joints

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Synarthroses

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Allow no movement

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Amphiarthroses

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Allows slight movement

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Diaryhroses

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Freely permit movement

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Fibrous

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That is synarthroses

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Cartilaginous

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That is amphiarthroses

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Synovial

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That is diarthroses

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Joint capsule

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Forms a covering around the articulating ends of the bones, holding them to each other

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Synovial membrane

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Lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid, lubricating opposing surfaces of the bones

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Joint cavity

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Space between the opposing surfaces of bones of the joint

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Articular cartilage

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Thin covering of cartilage that cushions the articulating bone surfaces

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Ligaments

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Cords of white, dense, fibrous tissue that help to bind the bones together

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Articular disks

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Pads of cartilage between articulating surfaces in some synovial joints

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Hinge joints

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Those that permit movement in only one direction, as in the elbow

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Ball and socket joints

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The round head of one bone fits into a cup like cavity of another, permitting movement in different directions, as in the hip

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Gliding joints

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The least moveable. Which the adjacent bone surfaces glide against each other to permit movement, such as the carpus

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Pivot (rotary) joint

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One bone pivots around a stationary bone, such as the axis and atlas

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Condyloid joints

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The oval head of one bone fits into a shallow depression in another, such as the stifle joint

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Flexion

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Bending at the joint, such as the elbow

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Extensions

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Straightening or unbending of a joint, this movement is the opposite of flexion

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Abduction

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Movement that draws a body part away from the midline of the body

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Addiction

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Movement that draws a body part toward the midline of the body

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Rotation

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Movement that turns a body part on its own axis, such as the turning of the head

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Circumduction

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A movement describing a circle

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Canal

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Tunnel

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Condyle

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Rounded projection (not the head)

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Crest, Crista

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High ridge (tibia crest)

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Facet

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Small smooth area

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Foramen

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Opening or hole (in a bone)

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Fossa, fovea

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Basinlike depression (head of the bone straight on)

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Head

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Rounded projection (head of the bone)

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Meatus

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Opening or passage (ears)

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Line

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Low ridge

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Process

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Any projection

Ex: spine of the scapula

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Sulcus

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Open, ditch like

Ex: where the teeth place

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Suture

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Seam

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Trochanter

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Broad, flat process (door stops)

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Tubercle

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Small rounded eminence (door stop small)

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Tuberosity

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Protuberance

Ex: y-shaped in the knee

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