Chapter six vocabulary words
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amphiarthroses | slightly movable joints such as the two public bones.
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appendicular skeleton | the bones of the upper and lower extremities of the body.
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articular cartilage | cartilage covering the joint ends of the bones.
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articulation | joints
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axial skeleton | the bones of the head, neck, and torso
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canaliculi | an extremely narrow tubular passage or channel in compact bone.
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chondrocytes | cartilage cells.
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compact bone | dense bone.
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diaphysis | shaft of a long bone
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diarthroses | freely movable joint.
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epiphyses | end of a long bone.
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fontanels | the soft spots on the top of an infants head.
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hemopoiesis | blood cell formation.
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lacunae | small spaces in the hard layer of the lamella
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lamella | thin layers, as of bone.
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medullary cavity | hollow area inside the diaphysis of the bone that contains yellow bone marrow.
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osteoblasts | bone-forming cell
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osteoclasts | bone-absorbing cell.
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osteocytes | bone cell.
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osteon | tub like circular composed of calcified matrix.
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pectoral girdle | shoulder girdle; the scalpula and clavicle
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pelvic girdle | the lower portion of the ventral cavity; the distal portion of the abdominopelvic cavity.
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periosteum | tough, connective tissue covering the bone.
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red bone marrow | soft connective tissue inside the hard walls of some bones.
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sinus | a space or cavity inside the cranial bone.
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skull | the cranium.
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spinal cavity | the space inside the spinal column through which the spinal cord passes.
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synarthroses | a joint in which fibrous connective tissue joins bones and holds them together tightly; commonly called sutures.
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synovial membrane | connective tissue membrane lining the spaces between bones and joints that secretes synovial fluid.
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thorax | chest.
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trabeculae | needle like threads of spongy bones that surround a network of spaces.
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yellow bone marrow | an inactive, fatty form of marrow found in the adult skeleton.
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