Skeletal System
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| calcaneus | short bone of the heel
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| frontal | flat bone of the forhead
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| femor | long bone of the superior leg
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| humerus | long bone of the superior arm
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| mandible | flat bone that makes the chin
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| metacarpal | long bone of the hand
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| radius | long bone on the medial side of the inferior arm
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| sternum | flat bone of the chest
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| vertebra | irregular bone of the vertebral column
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| diaphysis | name for the bone shaft
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| epiphyseal plate | site of longitudinal growth in a child
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| epiphysis | site of spongy bone in adult where hematopoiesis takes place
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| yellow marrow cavity | site of fate storage in the adult
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| red marrow | site of hematopoiesis
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| osteocyte | mature bone cell
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| osteoblasts | bone-forming cells
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| Diaphysis | Site of compact bone in the adult
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| Simple fracture | bone is broken cleanly; the ends do not penetrate the skin
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| Osteoclasts | Giant bone destroying cells in bones
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| closed reduction | nonsurgical realignment of broken bone ends and splinting of bone
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| Sagittal Suture | Midline of the skull
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| Optic Canal | Allows the optic nerve to pass to the eye
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| Sella Turcica | Holds the pituitary gland in place
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| Greenstick Fracture | Bone breaks incompletely, the same way a green twig breaks. Common in children.
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| Foramen | Opening through a bone that allows muscles, nerves, arteries, veins, and other structures to connect one part of the body to another.
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| Canaliculi | Tiny canals connecting lacunae
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| Occipital bone | makes up most of the base of the skull
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| Concentric lamellae | Layers of calcified matrix
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