Kin skeletal Flashcards

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Axial skeleton

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80 bones of head thorax and trunk

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Appendicular skeleton

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126 bones of the extremeties

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3
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How many bones total, not including random seasmoid bones?

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206

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4
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Can bones be considered organs?

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Yes, They are made up of several different types of tissue such as fibrous, cartilaginous, osseous, nervous, and vascular.

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5
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Compact Bone

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Makes up the hard dense outer shell

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6
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cancellous bone

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porous and spongy inside portion called the trabeculae. Filled with marrow and make the bone lighter

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7
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epiphysis

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area at each end of a long bone. In adult bone, the epiphysis is osseous, and in growing bone the epiphysis is cartilaginous material called the epiphyseal plate.

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8
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Where does longitudinal growth occur?

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Epiphyseal plate

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