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BONE HARD CALCIFIED MATERIAL THAT MAKES UP THE SKELETON
BRITTLE NONE DISEASE GROUP DISEASES THAT AFFECT COLLAGEN AND RESULT IN FRAGILE BONES
CANALICULI MICROSCOPING CANALS IN OSSIFIED BONE
CARTILAGE TOUGH, ELASTIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE FOUND IN PARTS OF THE BODY SUCH AS THE EAR
COLLAGEN PRIMARY STRUCTURAL PROTEIN OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HAVERSIAN CANAL CHANNELS IN BONES THAT CONTAIN BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES
LAMELLAE LAYERS OF BONE, TISSUE, OR CELL WALLS
LINING CELLS FLATTENED BONE CELLS THAT COMES FROM OSTEOBLASTS
OSTEROARTHRITIS DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE
OSTEOBLASTS CELLS THAT MAKE BONE
OSTEOCLASTS CELLS THAT REMOVE BONE
OSTEOCYTES BONE CELLS
OSTEONS CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES THAT COMPRISE COMPACT BONE
OSTEOPOROSIS DISEASE THAT CAUSES BRITTLE FRAGILE BONES
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PROGRESSIVE DISEASE THAT CAUSES JOINT INFLAMMATION AND PAIN
VOLKMANN CANAL CHANNELS IN BONE THAT TRANSMIT BLOOD VESSELS AND COMMUNICATE WITH HAVERSIAN CANALS
LONG BONE LONG COMPACT HOLLOW SHAFTS CONTAINING MARROW
SHORT BONES WIDER THAN THEY ARE LONG
FLAT BONES NOT HALLOW BUT CONTAIN MARROW
TWO MAIN TYPES OF BONE CELLS MUTINUCLEATE OSTEOCLAST & MONONUCLEATE OSTEOBLASTS
HYALINE CARTILAGE PREVENTS THEM FROM GRINDING AGAINST EACH OTHER
PERIOSTEUM BONE IS COVERED BY A FIBROUS SHEATH WHICH CONTAINS NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS
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