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when a break is at a right angle to the long axis of the body
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1 transverse fracture 2 diaphysis
3 articular cartilage 4 cancellous bone
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Terms in this set (115)
diaphysis the elongated shaft of a bone
epiphyses expanded terminal portion of the bone
epiphyseal disk a plate of hyaline cartilage
lines of fusion that form between the epiphyses and the
epiphyseal lines
diaphysis
the interior epiphyses and ends of the diaphysis consists
cancellous bone
of..
, forms the rigid tube of the diaphysis and is reduced in
compact bones thickness where it covers the underlying cancellous
bone
medullary cavity hollow chamber in the diaphysis
lines the epithelial membrane. it extends into the spaces
`endosteum
in cancellous bone and into the central canals
yellow marrow fatty marrow that fills cancellous bones
forms blood cells, occurs in cancellous bone in the
red marrow
epiphyses of the femur and humerus
a tough, fibrous membrane that tightly adheres to the
peristeum
bone surface
nutrient blood vessels enter the bone via small channels
nutrient foramina
called....
articular cartilage reduces friction and protects the ends of the bone
consists of the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic
axial skeleton
cage
includes 24 somewhat movable vertebrae plus the
vertebral column
sacrum and coccyx (tailbone)
formed by 12 pairs of ribs, the sternum, or breast bone,
thoracic cage and the coastal cartilages, which join the ribs to the
sternum
the u shaped bone located under the lower jaw and
hyoid bone
associated with the larynx, and the auditory ossicles
auditory ossicles play a major role in hearing
axial and appendicular 2 main groups that bones are classified as
skeleton
formed by the bones of the pectoral and pelvic girdles
appendicular skeleton
and the upper and lower limbs
consists of clavicles, and scalpulae, which attach the
pectoral girdle
upper limbs to the trunk
consists of the humerous, radius, ulna, carpals,
upper limbs
metacarpals, and phalanges