bone structure
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| hyaline cartilage | most abundant cartilage provides support through flexibility
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| elastic cartilage | contains many elastic cartilage, able to tolerate repeated bending
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| fibrocartilage | resists strong compression and strong tension. an intermediate between hyaline and elastic cartilage.
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| flat bones | thin and flattened, usually curved
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| long bones | longer than wide- a shaft plus ends
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| short bones | roughly cube-shaped
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| irregular bones | various shapes, do not fit into other categories
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| compact bone | dense outer layer of a bone
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| spongy (trabecular) bone | internal network of bone
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| osteocytes | mature bone cells; spider shaped
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| lacunae | small cavities in the solid matrix
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| caniliculi | thin tubes
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| diaphysis | "shaft" of bone
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| epiphysis | ends of a bone
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| blood vessels | well vascularized
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| medullary cavity | hollow cavity in the shaft of the bone; filled with yellow marrow
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| periosteum | fibrous membrane that covers the external surfaces of bones except at their articular surfaces
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| endosteum | membrane lining the medullary cavity of bone and other inner bone surfaces
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| central canal | runs through the core of each osteon
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| haversian canal | runs through the core of each osteon; lined by endosteum
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| volkmans canal | lies at right angles to the central canals and connects the blood and nerve supply
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| lamella | layer of bone matrix in which collagen fibers and mineral crystals run in a single direction
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| hematopolesis | blood cell formation
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