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| a bone that has a longitudinal axis of considerable length, consisting of a body or shaft (the diaphysis) and an expanded portion (the epiphysis) at each end that is usually articular |
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| A bone whose dimensions are approximately equal, consisting of a layer of cortical substance enclosing the spongy substance and marrow |
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| one whose thickness is slight, sometimes consisting of only a thin layer of compact bone, or of two layers with intervening cancellous bone and marrow; usually curved rather than flat. |
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| Any of a group of bones having peculiar or complex forms |
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| any one of numerous small round bony masses embedded in certain tendons that may be subjected to compression and tension |
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| the enlarged proximal and distal ends of long bones |
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| middle shaft area of long bones; the shaft of a long bone, between the epiphyses |
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| the wider part at the end of a long bone, adjacent to the epiphyseal disk. |
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| the thin plate of cartilage between the epiphysis and the metaphysis of a growing long bone |
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| a plane or plate on a long bone, visible as a line, marking the junction of the epiphysis and diaphysis |
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| The cartilage covering the articular surfaces of the bones forming a synovial joint |
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| a specialized connective tissue covering all bones and having bone-forming potentialities. |
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| The marrow cavity in the shaft of a long bone |
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| the tissue lining the medullary cavity of a bone |
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| Cells in the body that build new bone tissue |
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| Bone cells that break down and remove bone tissue |
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| type of bone marrow which contains abundant capillaries as well as specialised lipid storage tissue found in middle of long bones |
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| the red vascular substance consisting of connective tissue and blood vessels containing primitive blood cells, macrophages, megakaryocytes, and fat cells. It is found in the cavities of many bones, including flat and short bones, bodies of the vertebrae, sternum, ribs, and articulating ends of long bones. thrombocytes into the bloodstream |
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| any artery that supplies the marrow of a long bone |
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| any of the passages admitting nutrient vessels to the medullary cavity of bone |
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| the normal type of adult bone, organized in layers (lamellae), which may be parallel or concentrically arranged |
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| the basic unit of structure of compact bone, comprising a haversian canal and its concentrically arranged lamellae |
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| Central (Haversian) canal |
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| the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space that runs longitudinally through the length of the entire spinal cord |
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| a membrane that lines the outer surface of all bones, except at the joints of long bones |
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| Perforating (Volkmann) canals |
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| canals in bone through which blood vessels pass |
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| one of the concentric bony plates surrounding a haversian canal |
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| a small cavity within the bone matrix, containing an osteocyte |
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| a very small tube or channel, such as the microscopic haversian canaliculi throughout bone tissue |
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| Bone cells that maintain bone tissue |
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| Spongy (cancellous or trabecular) bone |
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| Bone in which the spicules form a latticework, with interstices filled with embryonic connective tissue or bone marrow |
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