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| bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column |
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| bones of the limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skeleton |
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| thin, roughly parallel surfacees |
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| Sutural bones (wormain bones) |
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| irregular bones formed between cranial bones |
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| relatively long and slender |
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small, flat, and somewhat shaped like sesame seed
developed in tendons of knee, hands, and feet |
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| consist largely of spongy bones (trabecular bones) |
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covers porotions of epiphysis that form articularions
avascular and receives resources from synovial fluid |
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mature bone cells taht cannot divide
most numerous bone cell type |
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produce new bony matrix
become osteocytes once surrounded by bony matrix |
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stem cells that produce cells that differentiate into osteoblasts
important in fracture repair |
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remove and remodel bone matrix
giant cells with 50+ nuclei
release acids and proteolytic enzymes to dissoluble matrix and release stored minerals |
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growth horomone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close
bones get thicker |
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