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long bone review

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Delivers nutrients and oxygen to the bone cells Blood vessel
Enters and exits bone through the nutrient foramen Blood vessel
Full of red marrow Spongy bone
Full of stem cells Red marrow
Growth plates Epiphyseal plates
Has layers called lamella (type of bone) Compact bone
Hollow space inside the diaphysis Medullary cavity
How newly made blood cells leave the bone (not the hole) Blood vessel
Layer that lines the medullary cavity Endosteum
Layer that lines the outside of the bone Periosteum
Little hole in the bone that the blood vessel goes through Nutrient foramen
Made of cartilage, but ossify to bone each time you grow Epiphyseal plate
Makes up the diaphysis and outside of long bones Compact bone
Medullary cavity is inside this part of the bone (not type of bone; not layer) Diaphysis
Name literally means “around bone” Periosteum
Name literally means “inside bone” Endosteum
Name literally means “joint cartilage” Articular cartilage
Protects the ends of bones from wearing down Articular cartilage
Site of hemopoiesis Red marrow
Space full of yellow marrow Medullary cavity
The knobby end of your femur at the “hip end” Proximal epiphysis
The knobby end of your humerus at the elbow end Distal epiphysis
The knobby end of your femur at the “knee end" Distal epiphysis
The knobby end of your humerus at the shoulder end Proximal epiphysis
The long shaft in the middle of the bone Diaphysis
Type of bone found inside the epiphyses Spongy bone
When this gets destroyed/used up, you get arthritis Articular cartilage
What type of cartilage is articular cartilage made of? Hyaline cartilage
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