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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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Main shaft of bone. Made mostly of compact bone

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Diaphysis

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2
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Center of diaphysis. Hollow to decrease weight.

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Medullary Canal

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3
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Membrane that lines the medullary canal

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Endosteum

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4
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Responsible for bone resorption

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Osteoclasts

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5
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Flared part at end of diaphysis. Supports epiphysis.

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Metaphysis

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6
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Thin fibrous membrane covering all of the bone except articular surfaces

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Periosteum

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7
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At ends of long bones. Where they receive pressure from opposing bones making up the joint

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Pressure epiphysis

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8
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Very large prominence for muscle attachment

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Trochanter

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9
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Where tendons attach to bones. Subject to pulling or traction forces

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Traction Epiphysis

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10
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Area at end of long bone

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Epiphysis

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11
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Flat or shallow articular surface

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Facet

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12
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Canal or tubelike opening

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Meatus

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13
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Large, rounded projection

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Tuberosity

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14
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Small, rounded projection

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Tubercle

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15
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Ditch like groove containing a tendon or blood vessel

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Groove

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16
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Hollow or depression

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Fossa

17
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Long, thin projection

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Spine

18
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Hole through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass

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Foramen

19
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Less prominent ridge

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Line

20
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prominence above or on a condyle

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Epicondyle

21
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Sharp ridge or border

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Crest

22
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Rounded articular projection beyond a narrow neck like portion of bone

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Head

23
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Projecting, prominent part of bone

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Eminence

24
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Rounded knuckle like projection

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Condyle

25
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Air filled cavity within a bone

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Sinus

26
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Covers end of bones. Can’t repair itself. No blood supply. Gets nutrition from synovial fluid

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Hyaline (Articular) cartilage

27
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Acts as shock absorber. Poor blood supply.

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Fibrocartilage

28
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Similar to fibrocartilage but more flexible

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Elastic cartilage

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