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Wk 1-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ligaments | Rigorous bands that help hold the various bones together into an organized skeleton |
| Bones | Rigid, mineralized structures that help perform five major roles in the body. Support, protection, movement, mineral storage, and hematopoiesis |
| Compact bone | Dense and solid in appearance |
| Cancellous bone | Open space with network of thin, branched crossbeams |
| Long bones | Roughly cylindrical shape longer than is wide |
| Short bones | Cube or boxed shaped as broad as is long |
| Flat bones | Broad thin flattened often with curved surface |
| Irregular Bones | Clustered in groups various sizes and shapes |
| Sesamoid bones | Appear singly rather than in groups, sesame seed in size and shape |
| Medullary cavity | Tube like hallow space in the diaphysis of a long bone also called a marrow cavity |
| Endosteum | Thin fibrous membrane that lines the medullary cavity of long bones, and spongy bones |