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vocab Flashcards

1
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acetabul-

A

vinegar cup

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acetabulum

A

depression of the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur

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ax

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axis

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axial system

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bones of the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum

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5
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blast

A

bud

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osteoblast

A

cell that will form bone tissue

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carp

A

wrist

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8
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carpals

A

wrist bones

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clast

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break

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osteoclast

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cell that breaks down bone tissue

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condyl

A

knob

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condyle

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rounded, bony process

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corac

A

a crows beak

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coracoid process

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beaklike process of the scapula

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15
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cribr

A

sieve

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cribriform plate

A

portion of the ethmoid bone with many small openings

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crist

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crest

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18
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crista galli

A

bony ridge that projects upward into the cranial cavity

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fov

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pit

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20
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fovea capitis

A

pit in the head of a femur

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21
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glen

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joint socket

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22
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glenoid cavity

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depression in the scapula that articulates with the head or a humerus

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inter

A

among, between

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24
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intervertebral disc

A

structure between vertebrae

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intra

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inside

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26
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intramembranous bone

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bone that forms within sheetlike masses of connective tissue

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27
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meat

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passage

28
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externam accustic meatus

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canal of the temporal bone that leads inward to parts of the year

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odont

A

tooth

30
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odontoid process

A

toothlike process of the second cervical vertebra

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poie

A

make, produce

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hemtopoiesis

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process that forms blood cells

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long bones

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have long longitudinal axes and expanded ends

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short bones

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have roughly equal lengths and widths

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flat bones

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are platelike structures with broad surfaces

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irregular

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have a variety of shapes, most are connected to several other bones

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epiphysis

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either end of a long bone

38
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articular cartilage

A

hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

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diaphysis

A

shaft of a long bone

40
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periosteum

A

dense connective tissue covering the surface of a bone

41
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compact bone

A

dense bone tissue in which cells are organized in osteons without apparent spaces

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spongy bone

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bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces

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trabeculae

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branching bony plate that separates irregular spaces within the spongy bones

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medullary cavity

A

cavity containing red or yellow marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone

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endosteum

A

tissue lining the medullary cavity in a boe

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marrow

A

soft connective tissue

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lamelloe

A

layer of matrix surrounding the central canal of an osteon

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canaliculus

A

microscopic canal that connects lacunae of bone tissue

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ossification

A

formation of bone tissue

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intramembranous bone

A

bone that forms from membrane-like layers of primative connective tissue

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osteoblast

A

bone-forming cell

52
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osteocyte

A

mature bone cell

53
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endochondral bone

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bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is subsequently replaces by bone tissue

54
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fontanels

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membranous region between certain developing cranial bones in the skull of a fetus or infant

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vertebrae

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pertaining to the bones of a spinal column

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intervertebral bones

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fibrocartilage structure between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae

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axis

A

bears a toothlike dens on its body

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ilium

A

longest and uppermost portion of the hip bone

59
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ischium

A

lowest portion of hip bone

60
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pubis

A

anterior portion of the hip bone

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joints

A

functional junctions between bones

62
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fibrous joints

A

between bones that closely contact one another and are held together by a thin layer of dense connective tissue.

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cartilaginous joints

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two or more bones joined by cartilage

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synovial joints

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allow free movement

65
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meniscus

A

fibrocartilage that separates the articulating surfaces of bones in the knee

66
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bursae

A

saclike, fluid-filled cushioning structure, lined with synovial membrane, near a joint

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