skeletal B
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jamesscott on October 28, 2007
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 diaphysis | consist of compact bone, makes up most of bone length ( shaft ) |
| periosteum | a fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers and protects shaft |
| Sharpey's fibers | hundreds of connective tissue securing periosteum to underlying bone |
| epiphyses | consists of layer of compact bone encloses in spongy bone at the ends of the long bones |
| articular cartilage | a smooth slippery surface covering the external surface of the epiphyses and decrease friction at joints |
| epiphyseal plate | a flat plate of hyaline cartilage which causes length growth in young bones |
| epiphyseal lines | an epiphyseal plate that have been replaced by bone marking the location of previous epiphyseal plate, occur in adutls |
| alternative name for yellow marrow | medullary cavity |
| definition of medullary cavity | in adults the shaft cavity that stores adipose fat |
| red marrow | area that forms blood cells |
| bone markings | reveals the attachments of muscles, ligaments, tendons and where blood vessels and nerves passed |
| two kind of bone makrings | projections and depressions |
| reduction | realignment of broken bone ends |
| fibrocartillage callus | mass of repair tissue from various types of connective tissue cells |
| elements of fibrocartilage callus | cartilage matrix, bone matrix, collagen fibers, |
| function of elements of fibrocartilage callus | acts to splint the broken bone |
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