Bone structure & classification
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| long bone | ex: femur
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| short bone | ex: carpals
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| flat bone | ex: parietal
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| irregular bone | ex: sphenoid
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| sesamoid bone | ex: patella
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| sutural bone | small bones within the sutures of the skull
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| axial skeleton | the bones of the head and trunk - skull, spinal column, ribs, and sternum
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| appendicular skeleton | the bones of the appendages - arms, legs, and their attachments
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| osteocyte | a bone cell
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| lacuna | the space that an osteocyte lives in
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| canaliculi | small "canals" between lacuna
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| periosteum | outer layer/covering of bone
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| endosteum | layer lining the medullary cavity in bone
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| Volkmann's canal | "sideways" canals that run between osteons
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| Haversian canal | "up and down" canals in the middle of each osteon
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| concentric lamellae | the layers that make up the osteon
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| circumferential | the layers around the bone's edge
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| interstitial lamellae | the layers that fill in between osteons
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| osteon | the basic unit of bone structure
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| medullary cavity | space in the center of the bone that is filled with marrow
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| perforating fibers | fibers the perforate from the periosteum into the circumferential lamellae
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