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| Has 80 bones and includes the bones of the skull, vetebral column, thoracic cage, sternum, hyoid, and ears |
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| Has 126 bones and includes the bones of the upper and lower extremeties |
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| Cells the body has programmed to create bones |
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| The first formation of bone |
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| Bone that has ossified and calcified |
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| Bone forming cells that secrete a matrix which becomes calcified |
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| Large multinucleated cells that reabsorb bone matrix |
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| Forms a hard, protective outer layer around every bone |
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| The structural unit of compact bone |
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| A spongy structure that represents 20% of skeletal mass but 80% of bone surface |
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| The narrow channels through which the osteocytes extend |
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| Small cavities containing mature bone cells |
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| Bones whose length is greater than their width (e.g., tibia, femur) |
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| Shaped like cubs and are found in the ankle and wrist |
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| Bones found in the cranial vault, sternum, and ribs |
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| A mix of irregularly shaped bones (e.g., face, spinal columns, hips) |
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| Rounded masses of bone embedded in certain tendons and are usually related to the surfaces of joints |
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| Small bones found between suture lines of the skull |
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| Rounded end of a long bone |
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| Opening or hole in a bone |
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| Small rounded projections |
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| Indentation of a bone, also called a depression |
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| Constricted end of a long bone before the head or rounded end |
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| Long or deep hole in a bone |
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| Small, smooth, and flat areas |
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| Large rounded projections |
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| The space where the frontal angles of the parietal bones meet the two ununited halves of the frontal bone |
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| The space where the occipital angles of the parietal bones meet the occipital |
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| An interval on either side of the head where the frontal angle of the temporal bone and greater wing of the sphenoid meet |
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| The interval on either side of the head between the mastoid angle of the parietal bone, the temporal bone, and the occipital bone |
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| Joins the frontal bone to the two parietal bones |
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| Bone that closes the anterior part of the cranial cavity and forms the skeleton of the forehead |
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| Joins the two parietal bones to the occipital bone |
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| Bone situated at the posterior and inferior part of the cranium; articulating with the two parietal and two temporal bones |
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| Bones forming part of the superior and lateral surfaces of the skull, and joining each other in the midline at the sagittal suture |
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| Joines one parietal bone to the other parietal bone |
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| Joins the parietal bones to the temporal bones |
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| Bones forming part of the lateral surfaces and the base of the skull, and containing the organs of hearing |
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| Part of the skull and literally means "sieve-like" |
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| The posterior part of the head |
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| Denotes a relationship to the nose |
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| Means "a shell" and is used to describe structures that are shell-like in shape |
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| Describes a process, a bone, or an arch |
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| A natural opening or passage |
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| Bones making up the upper jaw |
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| Shaped like the Greek letter lambda |
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| Resembling a knuckle or rounded bone |
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| Contains 7 vertebrae located in the neck area |
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| Contains 12 vertebrae located in the chest area which connect to the ribs |
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| Contains 5 vertebrae located in the lower back |
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| Consists of 5 fused sacral vertebrae |
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| Composed of fibrous tissue and cartilage located between the vertebrae |
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| Upper portion of the sternum |
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| middle section of the sternum |
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| Distal portion of the sternum |
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| Area of sternum where the manubrium and body join |
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| The end of the clavicle that is attached to the sternum |
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| The end of the clavicle that is attached to the acromion |
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| Another name for shoulder blade |
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| Process that helps form point of the shoulder |
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| Cavity where the humerus rests |
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| Forms a margin for the tendons of two muscles to the thumb |
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| Forearm bone located on the pinky side |
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| Large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow |
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| Pulley-shaped structure of the elbow |
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| Point at which the radius and ulna articulate |
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| Lower part of the "eye mask" of the hip bone |
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| Portion of the hip bone between the "eyes" |
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| bony prominence where muscles attach to the femur |
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| greater trochanter, lesser trochanter |
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| A Protrusion to which ligaments and tendons attach on the inferior end of the rounded shaft of the femur |
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| Ankle bone that is a bony extension of the tibia |
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| talus, calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, cuneiforms |
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