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skeletal system

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What cartilage acts as an shock absorber between bones and joints   Articular Cartilage  
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Hard bone dissolves creating   Spongy bone  
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Baby's soft spot   Fontanel  
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Another name for a long bone shaft   Diaphysis  
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Filled with yellow bone marrow made mostly of fat   Medullary Canal  
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Cells that deposit new bone   Osteoblasts  
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Cells that secrete enzymes   Osteoclasts  
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Tough fibrous tissue containing blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves   Periosteum  
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Eighth week of embryonic development   Ossification  
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Average growth continues to about_____ in females   18 years  
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Average growth continues to about _____ in males   20 or 21 years  
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End of the bone   Epiphysis  
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How many bones are in the skull   22  
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How many are on the cranium   8  
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How many indivdual bonesin the skeletal system   206  
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The longest and strongest bone in the body   Femur  
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A wedge shaped bone   Sacrum  
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Cervical vertebrae is located in the   Atlas  
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Tailbone   Coccyx  
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Finger bones   Phalanges  
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Collar bone   Clavicle  
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Upper arm bone   Humerus  
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Bone running the side of thumb   Radius  
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Bone running the side far side of arm   Ulna  
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Wrist bone   Carpals  
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Shoulder bones   Scapulae  
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Three ribs   true rib, false rib and floating rib  
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Ankle   Tarsal  
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Kneecap   Patella  
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Partially moveable joints   Amphiarthroses  
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Immovable joints by tough, fibrous conective tissues   Synarthroses  
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Palmer surface   Metacarpals  
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Upper extremities including shoulder, arms, wrists and hands   Appendicular Skeleton  
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Skull, Spinal column, ribs, sternum and hyoid bone   Axial Skeleton  
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