Chapter 5 Vocab

Question 0

divided into six major regions: Pectoral girdles (4 bones) - Left and right clavicle (2) and scapula (2). Arms and forearms (6 bones) - Left and right humerus (2) (arm), ulna (2) and radius (2) (forearm).

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Appendicular skeleton

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Continuous, slightly moveable joint

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Amphiartrthrosis

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The cartilage covering the articular surfaces of the bones forming a synovial joint

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Articular cartilage

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Location where bones connect.

Joint

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Articulations

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The axial skeleton is the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate

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Axial skeleton

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Skeletal part of the chest

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Bony thorax

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Joints Connected entirely by cartilage

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Cartilaginous joints

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mostly made up of yellow marrow, o, or fat cells. There isnt enough room for things to pass through here

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Compact bone

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Shaft or central part of a long bone

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Diaphysis

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Enclosing structure around the pelvis providing atrachments for the hind limbs and pelvic fins

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Pelvic girdle

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a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.

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Periosteum

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bone marrow in which the fat cells predominate in the meshes of the reticular network

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Yellow marrow

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contain the developmental stages of red blood cells, white blood cells, and megakaryocytes.

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Red marrow

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wide as they are long. function is to provide support and stability with little to no movement.

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Short bones

Question 14

connects the upper limb to the axial skeleton on each side. It consists of the clavicle and scapula

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Shoulder girdle

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Framework of bone enclosing the brain

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Skull

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Freely movable

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Diarthroses

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Hyaline plate found at each end of a long bone where growing occures

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Epiphyseal plates

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Rounded end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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connected by dense connective tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. In these joints the bones are firmly interlocked by irregular edges. Cannot move.

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Fibrous joints

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made up of a layer of spongy bone between two thin layers of compact bone. Their shape is flattened, not rounded. Examples include the skull and ribs. Flat bones have marrow, but not a bone marrow cavity.

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Flat bones

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allow slight movement of the vertebrae, and acts as a ligament to hold the vertebrae together. Work as shock absorbers in the spine

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Intervertebral disc

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Dont belong to a certain bone shape group

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Irregular bones

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a short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.

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Ligament

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Has a shaft and two ends and is longer than wider

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Long bone

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It is very porous and typically contains a lot of red bone marrow, Red marrow tends to be very flexible, and it’s responsible for producing and carrying red blood cells

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Spongy bone

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f joint which permits very little or no movement under normal conditions. Most synarthroses joints are fibrous.

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Synarthroses

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also known as diarthrosis, is the most common and most movable type of joint in the body

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Synovial joint

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the backbone or spine, is a bony skeletal structure found in vertebrates. It is formed from individual bones called vertebrae which houses the spinal canal, a cavity that encloses and protects the spinal cord

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Vertebral column