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Chapter 7 Skeletal System
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Anatomy
11th Grade
11/12/2009

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acetabul-
Definition
vinegar cup
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ax-
Definition
axis
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-blast
Definition
budding
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carp-
Definition
wrist
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-clast
Definition
break
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condyl-
Definition
knob
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corac-
Definition
a crow's beak
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cribr-
Definition
sieve
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crist-
Definition
crest
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fov-
Definition
pit
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glen-
Definition
joint socket
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hema-
Definition
blood
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inter-
Definition
between
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intra-
Definition
inside
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meat-
Definition
passage
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odont-
Definition
tooth
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poie-
Definition
make, produce
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articular cartilage-
Definition
This articulating portion of the epiphysis is coated with a layer of hyaline cartilage.
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canaliculus
Definition
A small canal or duct in the body, such as the minute channels in compact bone.
Osteocytes uses it to communicate with nearby cells
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compact bone
Definition
cortical bone. Has a continuous matrix with no gaps.
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diaphysis
Definition
shaft of the bone, located between the epiphyses
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epiphyseal disks
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a band of cartilage that remains between primary and secondary ossification centers as spongy bone is deposited in the diaphysis and in the epiphysis.
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epiphysis
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an expanded portion at each end of a bone.
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lacuna
Definition
A cavity, space, or depression, especially in a bone, containing cartilage or bone cells.
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medullary cavity
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hollow chamber in the diaphysis that houses yellow marrow
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osteocyte
Definition
bone cells
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osteon
Definition
a cylinder-shaped unit in compact bone when the osteocytes and layers of intercellular material concentrically clustered around an osteonic cnal
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periosteum
Definition
tough, vascular tissue that covers all parts of the bone except the articular cartilage.
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spongy tissue
Definition
cancellous bone with thin layers of compact bone on their surfaces. Consists of numerous branching bony plates.
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perforating canal
Definition
larger canals (freeway) that carry blood vessels and nerves into the osteonic canals (city streets).
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yellow marrow
Definition
stores fat and is inactive in blood cell production.
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