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Chapter 6
Tissue and Bone Structure
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2013

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Axial Skeleton
Definition
Bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column
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Appendicular Skeleton
Definition
Bones of the Limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skeleton
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Flat Bones
Definition

Thin, roughly parallel surfaces

ex. cranial bones, sternum

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Sutural Bones
Definition

Irregular bones formed between cranial bones

 

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Long bones
Definition

Relatively long and slender

ex. various bones of the limbs

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sesamoid bones
Definition

small, flat, and somewhat shaped like seasame seed

develops in tendons of knee, hands, an dfeet

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Canal or Meatus
Definition
large passageway
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process
Definition
projection or bump
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foramen
Definition
small rounded passageway
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fissure
Definition
elongated cleft or gap
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head
Definition
expanded proximal end that forms part of joint
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tubercle
Definition
small, rounded projection
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sulcus
Definition
deep narrow groove
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tuberosity
Definition

small, rounded projection

may occupy broad area

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diaphysis
Definition

shaft

elongated body

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