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Week 3: Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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Spongy Bone

A

Lighter bone that contains red bone marrow

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Types of Bone

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Spongy Bone
Hard Bone

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Compact Bone

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Hard bone made up of calcified matrix

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Canaliculi

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Small passageways connected to adjacent cavites to bring in blood supply to spongy bone

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Harvesian Canal System

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Brings in blood supply to compact bone

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Epiphysis

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The ends of long bone, made of spongy bone

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Diaphysis

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The shaft of the long bone

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Periosteum

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Long bone blood supply origins

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Medullary Cavity

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Stores yellow bone marrow

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10
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The body’s use of bone marrow

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Fat within the bone marrow can be used as a last resort for nutrition when deprived

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11
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Epiphyseal Line

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Indicates where the bone used to grow

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Osteons

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Rotate together to prevent bones from twisting

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Lamella

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Layers of bone matrix that make up Osteons

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Lacuna

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Little cavities within Lamella that contain osteocites or bone cells

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15
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Central canal

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Location of blood vessels and nerves

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16
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How are the lacuna and lamella connected to the central canal

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Canaliculi

17
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Perforating Canals

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Connects the centre of osteons to the outside of the bone and each other

18
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Axial Skeleton

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Contains head, neck, back and chest bones

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Appendicular Skeleton

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Contains bones that connect to the axial skeleton

20
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Trochanter

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Large, rounded projection

21
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Tuberosity

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Large, rounded projection

22
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Crest

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Narrow ridge of bone

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Process

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Any bony prominence

24
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Head

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Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

25
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Foramen

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Round or oval opening through a bone

26
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Meatus

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Canal- or tunnel-like passageway

27
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Sinus

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Cavity within bone filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

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