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SUTURAL BONES
Definition
small, flat, irregular shaped bones between flat bones of the skull
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OSTEOCYTES
Definition
Matrix bone cells that constitute most of the cell population
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LAMELLAE
Definition
Pocket between the layers of the matrix
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CANALICULI
Definition
Narrow passage that penetrates the lamellae.  Connects lucanae with one another and with nutrients such as blood vessels and the central canal
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OSTEOPROGENITOR
Definition
Bone that consists of small numbers of mesenchymal cells whcih divide through mitosis to produce daughter cell known as osteoblast
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OSTEOCLAST
Definition
Function in removing and recycling bone matrix
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OSTEOLYSIS
Definition
An erosion process which is important in regulating calcium and phosphate concentrations in body fluids
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OSTEON
Definition
it is the basic functional unit of a mature compact bone
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TRABECULAE
Definition
Meshwork of supporting bundle of fibers that form the matrix of spongy bone
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YELLOW BONE MARROW
Definition
Adipose tissue important as energy reserve
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RED BONE MARROW
Definition
Responsible for the formation of blood cell
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PERISTEUM
Definition
Superficial layer of compact bone consisting of a fibrous outer layer and cellular inner layer
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ENDOSTEUM
Definition
An incomplete  cellular layer that lines the medullary cavity.  It is active during bone growth , repair, and remodeling, cover the trabeculae of spongy bone and lines surfaces of the central canal
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HETEROTOPIC BONES
Definition
Bones that form in odd places such as the testes and the white of the eyes
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CALCIFICATION
Definition
The deposit of calcium salts during ossification
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CALCITONIN
Definition
Hormone that inhibibits oseoclast activity and increases the rate of excretion of calcium ions by the kidney
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FRACTURE
Definition
Cracks or breaks in bones caused by physical stress.
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PAGET DISEASE
Definition
A chronic disease that results in enlarged occurence of bones as a result of abnormal bone destruction and regeneration
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ORTHOPEDICS
Definition
It is a branch of medicine which deals with the correction of abnomalities and deformities of bones or muscle
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EXTERNAL CALLUS
Definition
It is an enlarged collar of the cartillage and bone develop and encircles bones at he level of fracture
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FRACTURE HEMATOMA
Definition
A large blood clot which closes injured vessels leaving a fibous meshworkin the injured area
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GIGANTISM
Definition
Results from an overproduction of groth hormones before puberty
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INTRAMEMBRANOUS OSSIFICATION
Definition
Occurs when osteoblast differentiate within a mesenchymal or fibrous connective tissue also classified as dermal ossification
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OSTEOMYELITIS
Definition
An acute bone infection
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ACHONDROPLASIA
Definition
A bone growth disorder that causes the most type of dwarfism
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