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Bones & Joint And Skin Flashcards

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Type of bone that makes up almost all of the Skelton of the arms and legs

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Long bone

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Bony framework of the body

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Skeleton

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long narrow shaft of the ling bone

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Diaphysis

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3
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center of the diaphysis

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Medullary

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4
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irregular end of the long bone

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Epiphysis

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5
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bone tissue

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Osseous tissue

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is the area of the bone where nerves and blood vessels are located.

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Haversian canal

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dense and hard bone tissue

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compact bone

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has more spaces than compact bone- is made if a meshwork of small bony plates filled with red marrow

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spongy bone

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also known as a oston–each ring like unit with a central canal.

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Haversian System

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10
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forming a channel across the bone from one side of the shaft to the other also housing blood vessels and nerves

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Red Marrow

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Located in the central cavities of the long bones- is composed primarily of fat

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yellow marrow

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12
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a membrane that covers the outside of bone

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Periosteum

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13
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lines the bones marrow cavity

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Endosteum

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14
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is the conversation of cartilage to bone

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ossification

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15
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bone building cells

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ostoblast

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16
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material manufactured by osteoblast and is the material between the cells

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Matrix

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17
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a fibrous protein that gives tissue strength and resilience

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collagen

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18
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bone cells that have matured and hardened

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Ostocytes

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19
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a cell type found in a bone and is a from a type of white blood cell

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ostoclast

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is the breakdown of bone tissue

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resorption

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21
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secondary bone forming centers–across the long and end bones

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Epiphyseal plate

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22
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covering skin

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Integumentary system

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skin

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cutaneous

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outer most portion

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epidermis

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framework of the otter most tissue and contains many blood vessels, nerve ending and glands

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dermis

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upper most layer of the epidermis

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stratum corneum

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protein that thickens and protects the skin

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keratin

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skins main pigment. A dark pigment that colors the skin and protects it from harmful rays of sunlight

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Melanin

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sweat glands

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Apocrine

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thick skin such as at the tip of fingers and toes

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dermal papillae

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in the ear canal and produce ear wax

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ceruminous gland

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another name for ear wax

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cerumen

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glands at the edges of eyelids

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ciliary gland

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a sheath of epithelial and connective tissue that encloses the hair

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hair follicle

35
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part if the hair that protects above the skin

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shaft

36
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portion below the skin

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root

37
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muscle that rises and forms goose bumps on the skin

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arrector pili

38
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another name for dermis

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True skin

39
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Bones contain two kind of marrow_____and____

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red and yellow

40
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the thinner membrane that lines the bone marrow cavity

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endosteum

41
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what is the fibrous protein that gives strength and resilience

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collagen

42
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what does parchment of the skin mean and who usually gets this?

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Elderly, thinning of the skin

43
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the lack of pigment in hair, skin and eyes are called

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albinism

44
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one way to reduce the spread of diseases when hand washing pay attention to

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Under the nails

45
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what is stored in fatty tissue in the skin?

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carotene

46
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how many bones are in the body?

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206

47
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at what age does bone stop growin

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late teens and early 20s

48
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Elderly people heal more slowly because decreases in____?

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bone metabolism

49
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ring like units with its central canal make up what____, also know as what____

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haversian canalal. oston

50
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two types of bone tissue

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spongy bone and compact bone

51
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what are the functions of the skin

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  1. Protects against infection
  2. .Protects against dehydration
  3. controls body temp.
  4. sensory signals
52
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describe where the nail root is located

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below the cuticle

53
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What are ostoeblast?

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bone building cells

54
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why are bones of small children relatively plaible

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they contain a large portions of cartilage and are undergoing active bone formation

55
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most condense form of connective tissue

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bone

56
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conversation of cartledge to bone

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ossification

57
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are bones organs

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yes

58
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vitamin D promotes what

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calcium absorption

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