skeletal system vocabulary
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| ligaments | fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone
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| metatarsals | bones of foot between ankle and toes
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| femur | thigh bone ; largest and strongest bone
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| tibia | medial and larger bone of lower leg ; shin bone
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| tarsals | bones that form the instep of the foot
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| fibula | lateral and smaller bone of leg
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| patella | kneecap
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| phalanges | fingers and toes
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| carpals | bones of wrist
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| metacarpals | bones of palm
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| humerus | long bone of upper arm
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| ulna | medial bone in the forearm
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| radius | lateral bone in forearm
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| sternum | breastbone
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| clavicle | collarbone
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| vertebral column | bones of the spinal column
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| axial skeletal | bones of skull, rib cage, and spinal column
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| appendicular skeleton | bones of the extremeties
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| joint | an articulation; where to bones meetor join
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| amphiarthroses | slightly moveable joint
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| diarthroses | freely moveable joints
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| synarthroses | no movement joint
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| hemopoeisis | blood cell formation
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| epiphyses | end of long bone ; contains red bone marrow
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| periosteum | fibrous membrane that covers the bones except at the joint areas
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| yellow merrow | soft tissue in the diaphysis of long bones
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| red merrow | soft tissue in the epiphyses of long bones
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| endosteum | fibrouse membrane lining in the medullary cavity
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| medullary cavity | hollow area inside the diaphysis of a long bone
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| diaphysis | the shaftm, or middle section of a long bone
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