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bone vocab

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osteoblasts   bone building cells  
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osteocytes   calls that maintain bony matrix  
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osteoclasts   cells responsible for the reabsorption of bone matrix and the release of calcium from bone  
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compartment syndrome   nerve and blood vessel damage resulting from edema and sweeling in the area of a fracture  
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osteomyelitis   infection of the bone occuring from surgery from a fracture  
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Lamella   concentric, cylinder-shaped layers of calcified matrix  
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Lacunae   ("little lakes") small spaces containing tissue fluid in which bone cells lie imprisioned between the hard layers of lamella  
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Canaliculi   ultra small canals radiating in all directions from lacunae connecting them to each other and to the Haversian canal  
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Haversian Canal   Extends lengthwise through center of Haversian system contains blood and lymphatic vessels  
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Volkmann's canals   transverse communicating canals containing nerves and vessels that carry blood and lymph from exterior surface of the bone to osteons  
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