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Shelby Higgins
Week 6 Assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diaphysis | main shaftlike potion of bone |
| epiphyses | proximal and distal ends of a long bone |
| articular cartilage | thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the articular or joint surfaces of epiphyses |
| periosteum | dense, white fibrous membrane that covers bone except at join surfaces |
| medullary cavity | tubelike hollow space in the diaphysis of a long bone, filled with yellow marrow |
| endosteum | thin, fibrous membrane that lines the medullary cavity of long bones and spongy bones |
| sutures | immovable joints between skull bones |
| malleus, incus, stapes | tiny bones, referred to as auditory ossicles, in the middle ear cavity in the temporal bones |
| phalanges | miniature long bones of the fingers, three in each finger, two in each thumb |
| glenoid cavity | arm socket |