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Review Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Articular cartilage

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Made of hyaline cartilidge

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Bone classification

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Type- example
Long-femur
Short- carpus 
Flat- ribs
Irregular- vertebrae
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Cleft palate

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Occurs when the maxillae fail to unite

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Diaphysis

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Shaft of bone

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5
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Endochondral ossification

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Forms most bones ( with hyaline)

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Epiphyseal plate

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where bone growth occurs in a long bone

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7
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Epiphysis

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Enlarged end of long bones

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Female versus male

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Female are lighter, less prominent markings, smaller ends, and a wider shallower pelvis

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Fontanels

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Soft spots in the cranium of babies

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10
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Intramembranous ossification

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Bone forms directly with membrane(like sheets)

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11
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Ossification

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Process by which bone forms

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12
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Osteoarthritis

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Degeneration of articular cartilage so the bones ends touch

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Osteoporosis

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A bone disorder that occurs when bone destruction outpaces bone formation

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14
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Pectoral girdle

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Clavicle and scapula

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15
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Pelvic girdle

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Ilium, ischium, pubis

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Periosteum

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Membranous outer covering of a long bone

17
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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Autoimmune disease in which a persons antibodies attack the joints

18
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Scoliosis

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Condition resulting in a sideways spine

19
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Skeletal system functions

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Support, protection, movement, mineral homeostasis, blood cell production, and fat storage(yellow marrow)

20
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Suture

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Immovable joint in the skull formed where skull bones fuse together

21
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True ribs/false ribs

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7 ribs connected to sternum and the rest

22
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Vertebral column sections

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, (sacrum, coccyx)

23
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Yellow bone marrow

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Adipose cells,energy reserve

24
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Aging of skeleton

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Bones become brittle, lose calcium, lose mass, decrease collagen fiber production

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