Bones Flashcards

1
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Appendicular

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Bones within the limbs

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2
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Axial

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Bones within the body

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3
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Heterotropic

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Out of place bone (os penis in the dog)

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4
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3 ways to classify bones:

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Location
Shape
Development

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5
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Bone development: Intramembranous ossification

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Ossification of fibrous connective tissue (flat skull bones)

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6
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Bone development: Endochondral ossification

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Ossification of cartilage that is typically in the shape of the bone. Diaphysis is the first location to ossify followed by the epiphyses

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7
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Physis

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-growth. Region where long bones grow (growth plate)

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8
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Epiphysis

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Upon the physis (end of bone)

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9
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Metaphysis

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Beyond the physis (between the physis and diaphysis)

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10
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Diaphysis

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Between the physis (shaft of the bone)

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11
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Cortex

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Bark (outside of the bone)

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12
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Medullary cavity

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Innermost part of the bone

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13
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Open physis

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Bone is still growing

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14
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Closed physis

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Bone growth is complete

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15
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Condyle

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Rounded end (knuckle)

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16
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Epicondyle

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Upon the condyle (on 2 sides o the condyle)

17
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Trochlea

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Pulley wheel (located on the condyle)

18
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Tubercle (tuberosity)

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Tuber (bump)- Greater and lesser tubercle and deltoid tuberosity on the humerus.

19
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Fovea (fossa)

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pit (ditch)- Radial fossa on the cranial portion of the humerus, elecronon fossa on the caudal portion of the humerus.

20
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Supratrochlear foramen

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small hole located above the trochlea of the humerus in the dog (supracondylar foramen in the cat- median nerve and brachial artery pass through this in the cat)

21
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Foramen

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Hole, opening or passage way

22
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Acromion

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A bony process of the scapula (consists of the hamate process and a supramamate process in the cat)