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Diaphysis - CORRECT ANSWERS-The shaft or central part of a long bone
Epiphysis - CORRECT ANSWERS-Rounded End of Long Bone at its Joint
Articular Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWERS-Smooth white tissue that covers the end of
bones when they form joints
Epiphyseal Plate/Line - CORRECT ANSWERS-A hyaline cartilage plate in the
metaphysis at each end of a long bone
Medullary Cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS-Central Cavity of the bone shaft where bone
marrow is stored
Compact Bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-( Hard outer part) Compact portion of bone
that consists largely of concentric lamellar osteons
Spongy Bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-A network of irregular shaped sheets and spikes
of bone found under the compact bone
Trabeculae - CORRECT ANSWERS-The spongy spiky open-work that makes up
spongy bone
Tuberosity (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Large Rounded
Projection; may be roughened
Crest (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Narrow Ridge of Bone, Usually
Prominent
Trochanter (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Very Large, blunt,
irregularly Shaped Process
Tubercle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Small Rounded Projection
or Process
Epicondyle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Raised area on or above
a condyle
, Spine (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Sharp, Slender, often pointed
Projection
Process (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Any Bony Prominence
Head (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Bony expansion carried on a narrow
neck
Facet (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Condyle (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Rounded articular projection
Ramus (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Arm-like bar of bone
Fossa (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Shallow basinlike
depression
Groove (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Furrow
Meatus (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Canal like passage way
Foramen (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWERS-Round or oval opening
through a bone
Osteon - CORRECT ANSWERS-A central canal and all the concentric lamelle
surrounding it
Osteocyte - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mature Bone Cells
Central (haversian) canal - CORRECT ANSWERS-Runs paralel to the long axis of the
bone and carriers blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic tissue
Concentric Lamellae - CORRECT ANSWERS-Concentric circles surrounding the
central canal of an osteon
Lacuna - CORRECT ANSWERS-Chambers
Canaliculi - CORRECT ANSWERS-Tiny canals radiating outward from a central canal
Perforating Canals - CORRECT ANSWERS-Run at right angles to the shaft and
connect blood and nerve supply of medullary cavity to central canal
Periosteum - CORRECT ANSWERS-A fibrous membrane covering made up of dense
irregular connective tissue (on exterior of bone)