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SKELETAL SYSTEM
TERMS
Term | Definition |
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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 |