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Acetabulum: The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
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Appendicular Skeleton: Forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle, and leg bones
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Axial Skeleton: The portion of the skeleton that supports and protects the head, neck, and trunk
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Bone Functions: Serve as a firm framework
Protect brain and spinal cord
Serve as levers, working with muscles to produce movement
Storehouse for calcium salts
Produce red blood cells (in the red marrow)
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Bone Markings: Bulges, depressions, and holes that serve as sites pf attachment for muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Joint surfaces, and conduits for blood vessels and nerves
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Bone Marrow: A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
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Bone Tissue: Osseous Tissue/Bone Tissue; they protect and support other body tissues and organs.
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Carpal Bones: Wrist bones
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Cervical Vertebrae: First set of seven bones, forming the neck
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Clavicle: The collarbone
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Coccygeal Vertebrae: Coccyx (tailbone)
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Compact Bone: The dense, hard layer of bone tissue
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Condyle: A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
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Coronal Suture: Joins frontal and parietal bones
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Crest: Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominent
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Endosteum: Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
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Epiphyseal Plates: Regions of cartilage near the ends of longs bones which are active growth regions in children
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Ethmoid Bone: Irregularly shaped bone located between the eye orbits
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False Ribs: Last 5 pairs of ribs; attach indirectly to sternum
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Femur: Thighbone
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Fibula: The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
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Fontanels: Soft spot gaps between a baby's skull that slowly close up during the first 18 months of life
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Foramen: An opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass
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Foramen Magnum: The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
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Fossa: Shallow, basinlike depression in a bone
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Frontal Bone: Forms the forehead
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Frontal Sinuses: Cavities above the eyes
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Haversian Canal: A channel containing nerves and blood vessels making up compact bone
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Head: The rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
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Humerus: Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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Intercostal Spaces: Interval between the ribs, occupied by intercostal muscles, veins, arteries, and nerves.
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Lambdoid Suture: Suture that arches across the posterior surface of the skull
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Lumbar Vertebrae: Third set of five larger vertebrae, which forms the inward curve of the spine
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Mandible: The lower jawbone in vertebrates
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Manubrium: The bony structure that forms the upper portion of the sternum
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Maxillary Sinus: On each side of nose below the eyes
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Meatus: A natural body passageway
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Medullary Cavity: Cavity within the shaft of the long bones filled with bone marrow
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Nasal Bones: Form the bridge of the nose
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Occipital Bone: A saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
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Ossification: Process of bone formation, during which cartilage is replaced by bone
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Osteoblasts: Bone-forming cells
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Osteocytes: Living bone cells
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Palatine Bones: Forms the back of the hard palate and the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
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Parietal Bones: Bones are located on each side of the skull just behind the frontal bone.
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Patella: Knee Cap
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Pelvic Bones: Ilium, ischium, pubis
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Perforating Canals: Volkmann's canals/ contain larger blood vessels and nerves
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Periosteum: Outer most fibrous layer that supplies blood and nerves to the bone
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Phalanges: Fingers and Toes
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Process: A large projection of the bone
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Radius: The outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm
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Red Bone Marrow: Produces blood cells
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Resorption: Breakdown of bone tissue
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Sacral Vertebrae: Five vertebrae which are fused to form the sacrum in the pelvis
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Sagittal Suture: Midline of the skull, connection of parietal cones
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Scapula: Shoulder Blade
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Sella Turcica: Cavity in the skull that contains the pituitary gland
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Sinus: Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
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Skeletal System: Bones and joints along with connective tissue
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Skeleton: The inner framework made up of 206 bones of the body
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Skull: The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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Sphenoid Bone: Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
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Spine: Short projection of bone
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Spongy Bone: Part of bone with many small pores or spaces (Cancellous Bone)
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Sternum: Breastbone
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Suture: An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
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Temporal Bones: Bone on the side of the head near the ears
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Thoracic Vertebrae: Second set of 12 vertebrae; they articulate with the 12 pairs of ribs to form the outward curve of the spine
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Thorax: Chest
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Tibia: Shin bone. On medial side of the leg. Bears most of the weight
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Trochlear Notch: A large notch in the Ulna.
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True Ribs: Top 7 pairs of ribs that attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilage
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Ulna: The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm
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Vertebral Column: Backbone
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Vomer: The thin, single, flat bone that forms the lower portion of the nasal septum
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Xiphoid Process: This structure is the most inferior of the sternebrae. It is used for a landmark for CPR.
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Yellow marrow: Bone marrow that is yellow with fat
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Zygomatic Bones: Cheekbones
