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| most abundant mineral in body |
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| delicate tissues and organs surrounded by bone. |
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| act as levers with skeletal muscles to move body. |
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| vertebrae, bones of pelvis, facial bones |
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| Develop in tendons of knee, hands, and feet |
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| bones of the wrist (carpals) and ankles tarsals |
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| chamber within bone, usually filled with air |
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| narrow connection between head and diaphysis |
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| Consist largely of spongy bone (trabecular bone) |
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| Covers portions of epiphysis that form articulations |
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| connects epiphysis to shaft |
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| tunnel providing access to marrow cavity |
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| Carry blood to/from metaphysis |
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| Mature bone cells that cannot divide |
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| Remove and remodel bone matrix |
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| Outer and inner surfaces of compact bone layer |
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| Fill spaces between osteons |
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| Located where bones not heavily stressed or in many directions |
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| Increases bone diameter of existing bones |
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| Created by osteoblasts in periosteum cellular layer |
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| Incomplete cellular layer lining medullary cavity |
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| Secondary ossification centers |
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| form as capillaries and osteoblasts migrate into epiphyses |
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| Reduction in growth hormone leads to reduced epiphyseal cartilage activity and short bones |
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| Excessive cartilage formation at epiphyseal cartilage |
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| Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty |
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| Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) |
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| Gene mutation that causes bone deposition around skeletal muscles |
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| Growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close |
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