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Skeleton
Skeleton study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The appendicular skeleton | comprised of the upper and lower extremities, which include the shoulder girdle and pelvis. |
| Your axial skeleton | made up of the bones in your head, neck, back and chest. |
| Carpals | bones of the wrist that connect the distal aspects of the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm to the bases of the five metacarpal bones of the hand. |
| Clavicles | Collarbone |
| Cranium | the most cephalad aspect of the axial skeleton. |
| diaphysis | the main or midsection (shaft) of a long bone. |
| endosteum | A membrane lining the inner surface of the bony wall |
| epiphysis | expanded end of the long bones in animals, which ossifies separately from the bone shaft but becomes fixed to the shaft when full growth is attained. |
| Femur | your thigh bone |
| Fibula | a long bone in the lower extremity that is positioned on the lateral side of the tibia. |
| Fontanales | soft spot in the skull of an infant, covered with tough, fibrous membrane. |
| Foramina | Any opening or perforation, orifice or fenestra, especially through a bone, and may serve as a passage for muscles, nerves, blood vessels, or other structures. |
| Humerus | the largest bone of the upper extremity and defines the human brachium (arm). |
| Joints | a point where two bones make contact. |
| Ligaments | a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, |
| Medullary Canal | the marrow cavity of a bone. |
| Metacarpals | any of several tubular bones between the wrist (carpal) bones and each of the forelimb digits in land vertebrates, corresponding to the metatarsal bones of the foot. |
| Metatarsals | the bones of the forefoot that connect the distal aspects of the cuneiform (medial, intermediate and lateral) bones and cuboid bone to the base of the five phalanges of the foot. |
| Os coxae | a large flat bone, constricted in the center and expanded above and below. (Hip bone) |
| Patella | the bone at the front of your knee joint. |
| Periosteum | a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints. |
| Phalanges | the bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot. |
| Radius | one of the two bones that make up the forearm, |
| Red Marrow | where red blood cells, platelets and white blood cells are created. |
| Ribs | the bony framework of the thoracic cavity. |
| Scapulas | a flat, triangular-shaped bone (colloquially as the "shoulder blade"). |
| Sinuses | A channel that is not a blood or lymphatic vessel that allows for the passage of blood or lymph |
| Skeletal System | your body's central framework |
| Sternum | a partially T-shaped vertical bone that forms the anterior portion of the chest wall centrally. |
| Sutures | A line of junction or the joint between two articulating bones, especially of the skull. |
| Tarsals | any of several short, angular bones that in humans make up the ankle and that—in animals that walk on their toes (e.g., dogs, cats) or on hoofs—are contained in the hock, lifted off the ground. |
| Tibia | one of two bones that comprise the leg. Counterpart(fibula) |
| Ulna | one of the two forearm long bones that, in conjunction with the radius, make up the antebrachium |
| Vertabrae | : any of the bony or cartilaginous segments that make up the spinal column |
| Yellow Marrow | contains mesenchymal stem cells (marrow stromal cells), which produce cartilage, fat and bone |
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