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Chapter 6 Quiz Flashcards

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Protection

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Protects internal organs

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Support

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Provides frameworks; attachment for muscles

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Assists in movement

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Muscles pull on bones which act as levers

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Mineral homeostasis

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Stores and releases Ca & P into blood

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Production of blood cells

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By red bone marrow

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Triglyceride storage

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Fat is stored in yellow bone marrow

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Canaliculi

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Small channels connecting lacunae with each other

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Compact

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Very dense bones with no air spaces within

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Connective

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Bone is an example of this major tissue type.

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Diaphysis

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The shaft of a long bone

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Endochondral

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The method of ossification forming most bones

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Epiphyseal plate

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The “growth area” in bones where epiphysis joins diaphysis

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Epiphyses

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The enlarged ends of a long bone

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Haversian canal

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The center of an osteon which carries blood vessels longitudinally through bone

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Haversian system

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The unit of structure in a compact bone

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Hyaline

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Articular cartilage is an example of this cartilage type

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Lacunae

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Microscopic cavities in bone containing osteocytes

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Lamellae

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Rings of bony tissue filled with minerals and surrounding the Haversian canal

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Matrix

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The mineral part of bone

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Medullary canal

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A space in bone which contains marrow

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Osteoblasts

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Bone-forming cells

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Osteocytes

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Mature bone cells

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Osteoporosis

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Bone disorder characterized by decreased bone mass and increased susceptibility to fractures

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Periosteum

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The membranous outer covering of a long bone

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Spongy

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Bone that contains numerous air spaces between cells

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