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Test 3
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Anatomy
11th Grade
01/30/2016

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What are third degree burns?
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full thickness burns
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widespread bacterial infection is the leading cause of death in burn victims
Definition
sepsis
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What is the most abundant mineral in the human body?
Definition
calcium
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What are stored in bone's yellow marrow?
Definition
lipids
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How many bones do adults usually have?
Definition
206
Term
What are the types of bones?
Definition
long, flat, sutural, short, sesamoid
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What kind of bones are bones like the femur?
Definition
long bones
Term
What is the largest and heaviest bone of the body?
Definition
femur
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What type of bones are the roof of skull, sternum, ribs, and scapula?
Definition
flat bones
Term
What kinds of bones are irregular bones like vertebral bones?
Definition
sutural bones
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What is another name for sutural bones?
Definition
wormian bones
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What type of bones are carpals and tarsals?
Definition
short bones
Term
What kind of bones develop inside tendons?
Definition
sesamoid
Term
What is an example of a sesamoid bone?
Definition
patella (kneecap)
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to form a joint
Definition
articulate
Term
projection on a bone
Definition
process
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large, rough projection
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trochanter
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smaller, rough projection
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tuberosity
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pointed process
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spine
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smooth rounded articular process
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condyle
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shallow depression
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fossa
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narrow groove
Definition
sulcus
Term
rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves
Definition
foramen
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air filled chamber
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sinus
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shaft of a long bone
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diaphysis
Term
expanded end of long bone
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epiphysis
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What is the medullary cavity filled with?
Definition
marrow
Term
osseous tissue (a type of connective tissue)
Definition
bone
Term
bone cells
Definition
osteocytes
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narrow passageways through the bone matrix that forms a network for exchange of nutrients, wastes, and gases
Definition
candliculi
Term
What accounts for 2/3 of the weight of bone?
Definition
calcium phosphate
Term
What is the formula for hydroxyapatite?
Definition
Ca10 (PO4)6 (OH)2
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What produces new bone matrix in the process of osteogenesis?
Definition
osteoblasts
Term
What are osteoblasts termed?
Definition
bone forming cells
Term
cells that remove and recycle bone matrix
Definition
osteobists
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In spongy bone, the matrix forms struts and plates known as what?
Definition
trabeculal
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What do the trabeculals in spongy bone create?
Definition
an open network that reduces the weight of the skeleton
Term
What type of marrow functions i blood cell production?
Definition
red bone marrow
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What type of marrow stores adipose tissue?
Definition
yellow bone marrow
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formation of bone
Definition
ossification
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What occurs as long bones form from hyaline cartilage?
Definition
endochondral ossification
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