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Anatomy
Osseous Tissue and Bone Strucyure
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
09/19/2012

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The bones are devided into two sections. What are they called?
Definition
Axial Skeleton
Appendicular Skeleton
Term
The cranial bones and sternum are considered what type of bones?
Definition
Flat Bones
Term
What is a foramen?
Definition
Small rounded passageway
Term
What is a process?
Definition
A projection or Bump
Term
What does the red bone marrow produce?
Definition
Red Blood Cells
Term
What is the tunnel providing access to the marrow cavity?
Definition
Nutrient Foramen
Term
What do osteoblast do?
Definition
Produce new bone matrix (osteogenesis or ossification)
Term
Mesenchymal (stem) cells produce what?
Definition
Cells that differentiate into Osteoblast
Term
Calcium phosphate accounts for how much of the bone weight?
Definition
two/thirds
Term
Name the organizational layers of the typical long bone.
Definition
Periosteum
Compact Bone
Spongey Bone
Term
What is appositional bone growth?
Definition
It increases bone diameter of existing bone.
Term
What function do perforating fibers perform?
Definition
They stongly connect tendons, ligaments, and join capsiles to bone through the periosteum.
Term
Initial bone formation in the embryo begins with what?
Definition
Cartilage
Term
Bone grows in length where?
Definition
Epiphyseal Cartilage (plate)
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Bone grows out in small struts called?
Definition
Spicules
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