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Chapter 6 skeletal

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Function of Skeletal System   support, protection, lever system, mineral storage, blood cell formation  
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Long Bones   found in upper and lower limbs, are longer then they are wide  
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Short Bones   as broad as they are long, in wrist and ankle  
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Flat Bones   thin flattened shapes, ribs, shoulder blades  
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Irregular Bones   dont fit into other 3 categories, vertebrae and facial bones  
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Epiphysis   the 2 ends of the bone  
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Diaphysisi   the central shaft  
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Articular Cartilage   covers ends of bone where bone articulates with other bones  
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Epiphyseal plate   where bones are still growing between epiphysis and diaphysis, known as growth plates  
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Medullary Cavity   large cavity in the shaft of bones  
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Yellow Marrow   fills cavities in bone, contains mostly fat  
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Red Marrow   Blood forming cells, only site of blood formation in adults  
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Periosteum   dense connective tissus that covers the bone  
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Endosteum   thin connective tissue that covers the cavities  
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Lamellae   extracellular matrix that bone forms in thin sheets  
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Osteocytes   bone cells  
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Lacunae   spaces where osteocytes are located  
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Compact Bone   solid matrix and cells  
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Cancellous Bone   lacy network of bone with small marrow filled spaces  
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Central or Haversain Canal   contains blood vessels, lamellae is surrounded by central canal  
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Ossification   formation of bone by osteoblasts synthesis of organic matrix  
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Foramen   a hole in a bone, usually for blood vessels that have to pass through  
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Canal or Mealus   a tunnel like passageway through the bone  
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Fossa   a depression in a bone  
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Process   a projection from a bone  
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Articulations or Joints   a place where 2 bones come together  
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Synorthesis   Non Moveable joints  
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Amphiarthesis   slightly moveable joints  
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Diarthresis   Freely movable joints  
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Fibrous joints   consist of 2 bones that are united by fibrous tissue and dont move very well  
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Sutures   Fibrous joints between bones of the skull  
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Fontanels   wide sutures that newborns have  
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Cartilaginous Joints   join 2 bones by cartilage, slight movement  
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Fibrocartilage   collagen fibers that reinforce cartilage joints  
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Bursa   a pocket or sac when the synovial membrane extends  
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Bursitis   abrasion from the inflammation of a bursa  
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Saddle Joints   2 saddle shaped surfaces oriented ant right angles to each other, movement in 2 planes  
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Hinge Joints   permit movement in one plane only  
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Menisci   shock absorbing fibrocartilage pads  
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Pivot Joints   restrict movement to rotation around a single axis  
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Ball and Socket Joints   a ball at one end adn a scoket in an adjacent bone allows wide range of movements  
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Condyloid Joints   elongated ball and socket joints, restricts movement to 2 planes  
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Flexion   bend, moves part of the body in the anterior or ventral direction  
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Extension   straighten, moves a part in a posterior or dorsal direction  
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Plantar Flextion   movement of the foot toward the planter surface  
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Dorsiflextion   movement of the foot toward the shin, when walking on heels  
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Abductis   movement away from the midline, bringing legs together  
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Pronution   elbow flexed at 90 degree angle, rotation of the forearm so the palm is down  
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Eversion   turning foot sothe bottom of foot faces laterally  
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Rotation   turning structure around its long axis, shaking head no  
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Protraction   movement in which something glides anteriorly, mouth  
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Elevation   movement in superior direction closing mouth  
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Depression   movement in an inferior direction, mouth opening  
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Excursion   movement from one side to the other, moving mandible from side to side  
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Opposition   when you make your little finger and thumb touch  
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Circumduction   occurs at freely moving joints, shoulder, arm moves so it shapes a cone shape with the shoulder  
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