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Skeletal system2012
Question | Answer |
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Diaphysis | the shaft, or middle section, of a long bone |
Ligaments | fiburous tissue that connects bone to bone |
Appendicular skeleton | the bones that form the limbs or extremities of the body |
Foramia | a passage or opening; a hole in a bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass |
Endosteum | membrane lining the medullary canal of the bone |
Red marrow | soft tissue in the epiphyses of long bones |
Sutures | surgical stitch used to join the edges of an incision or wound; also, an area where bones join or fuse together |
Sinuses | cavity or air space in bone |
Fontanels | allow for the enlargement of the skull as brain growth occurs |
Epiphysis | the end or head at the extremity of a long bone |
Joints | an articulation, or area where two bones meet or join |
Axial Skeleton | the bones of the skull, rib cage, and spinal column; the bones that form the trunk of the body |
Periosteum | fiburous membrane that covers the bones except at joints areas |
Medullary canal | inner, or central, portion of a long bone |
Yellow Marrow | soft tissue in the diaphyses of long bones |