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| This articulating portion of the epiphysis is coated with a layer of hyaline cartilage. |
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A small canal or duct in the body, such as the minute channels in compact bone.
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| cortical bone. Has a continuous matrix with no gaps. |
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| shaft of the bone, located between the epiphyses |
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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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| an expanded portion at each end of a bone. |
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| A cavity, space, or depression, especially in a bone, containing cartilage or bone cells. |
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| hollow chamber in the diaphysis that houses yellow marrow |
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| 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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| tough, vascular tissue that covers all parts of the bone except the articular cartilage. |
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| cancellous bone with thin layers of compact bone on their surfaces. Consists of numerous branching bony plates. |
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| larger canals (freeway) that carry blood vessels and nerves into the osteonic canals (city streets). |
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| stores fat and is inactive in blood cell production. |
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