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Osteology, Upper Extremities

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Plane/Gliding   sliding or gliding movements between articulating surfaces  
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Hinge/Ginglymus   flexion and extension  
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Pivot/Trochoid   rotational movement  
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Ellipsoid/Condylar   Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction  
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Saddle/Sellar   flexion, extension,abduction, adduction, circumduction  
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ball and socket/spheroidal   flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, lateral, medial  
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bicondylar   single direction, limited rotation  
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syndesmoses   fibrous joint, amphiarthrodial  
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sutures   fibrous joint, synarthrodial  
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gomphoses   fibrous joint, amphiarthrodial  
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symphyses   cartilaginous joint, amphiarthrodial  
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synchondroses   cartilaginous joint, synarthrodial  
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axial skeleton   all bones that lie on or near the central axis of the body  
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appendicular skeleton   all the upper and lower extremities  
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Sesamoid bone   consist of body and two ends or extremities, found only in appendicular skeleton  
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Long bone   consist of body and two ends or extremities, found only in appendicular skeleton  
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short bone   roughly cuboidal shaped and found in wrists and ankles  
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flat bone   consists of 2 plates of compact bone with cancellous bone marrow between them  
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irregular bone   bones that have peculiar shapes that don't have a definitive category  
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hyaline cartilage   found within the covering over ends of bones  
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articulating cartilage   found within the covering over ends of bones  
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cancellous and compact bone   What is short bones composed of?  
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compact bone, cancellous bone, medullary cavity, perioustem, and hyaline cartilage   what is the long bone composed of?  
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compact bone, cancellous bone, bone marrow   what is flat bone composed of?  
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intramembranous and endochondral   what are the types of bone formation  
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intramembranous   what type of ossification replaces membranes into bone?  
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endochondral   what type of ossification replaces cartilage into bone?  
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intramembranous ossification   ossification that occurs rapidly and takes place in bones needed for protection  
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endochondral ossification   slower ossification that is slow and occurs in most parts of the skeleton especially the long bones  
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diayphysis   the primary center of ossification is called  
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body   diaphysis creates what part of the bone?  
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epiphysis   secondary center of ossification is called  
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near the ends of limbs of long bones   epiphysis creates what part of the bone  
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Epiphyseal plates   what is the wider portion of a long bone adjacent to epiphyseal plate?  
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Metaphysis   what is the wider portion of a long bone adjacent to epiphyseal plate?  
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periosteum   a fibrous membrane that covers the outer surfaces of bone, contains a network of blood vessels  
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articular cartilage   covers only at the joint surfaces at the ends of bone and acts as a protective cushion  
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diaphysis   main shaft like portion of bone  
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epiphysis   end portion of the bone  
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medullary cavity   hollow, tubelike structure within the diaphysis  
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endosteum   inner membrane that lines the medullary cavity  
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compact bone   type of bone that is the outer layer of bone that appears dense and structureless  
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compact bone   type of bone that contain haversian systems  
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cancellous bone   type of bone composed of marrow-filled spaces separated by trabeculae  
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trabeculae   thin processes of bone  
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epiphyseal plate   separates the epiphysis and diaphysis  
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metaphysis   where the diaphysis meets the epiphyseal growth plate  
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endochondral ossification   what increases the length of a developing bone?  
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osteoclasts and osteoblasts   what increases the diameter of bone?  
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cartilage   resilient semi rigid form of CT that form parts of skeleton when more flexibility is required  
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hyaline cartilage   type of cartilage that covers articulating surfaces  
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articular cartilage   hyaline cartilage when it covers the ends of bones  
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medullary cavity   hollow portion in long bone  
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endosteum   inner membrane that lines the medullary cavity  
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trabeculae   meshwork of interconnecting spaces that often follow lines of stress within bone  
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trabeculae   what is produced when deposition of Ca salts in organic bone matrix?  
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nutrient artery   passes obliquely through compact bone  
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fontanels   membranous gaps that occur at birth  
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metaphysis   bone production in childhood that occurs at side of the plate nearest the shaft  
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red bone marrow   what produces red blood cells  
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yellow bone marrow   what produces fat cells  
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condyle   rounded process at an articular end  
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coracoid/coronoid   beak-like or crown-like process  
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crest   ridgle-like process  
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epicondyle   projection above a condyle  
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facet   small, smooth-surfaces articular process  
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hamulus   hook shaped process  
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head   hornlike process  
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line   linear elevation, not as prominent as a crest  
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malleolus   club shaped process  
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protuberance   projecting prominence  
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spine   sharp process  
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trochanter   either of the 2 large, rounded, and elevated processes of proximal femur  
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tubercle or tuberosity   small, rounded, and elevated process  
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fissure   cleft or deep groove  
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foramen   hole in bone  
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nutrient foramen   hole in bone for transmission of vessels and nerves  
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fossa   pit, fovea or hollow space  
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froove   shallow linear channel  
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meatus   tubelike passageway  
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notch   indentation in the border of a bone  
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sinus   recess, groove, cavity or hollow space  
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sulcus   furrow or trench  
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