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Bone Parts
Details of the bone...
Question | Answer |
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Articular Cartilage | Hyaline cartilage where joints are formed |
Spongy bone | helps reduce the bones weight; subjective to compressive forces; located largely in the epiphyses |
Medullary cavity | hallow chamber that contains spongy bone |
Yellow marrow | found in adults; stores fat |
Compact bone | tightly packed tissues; extracellular matrix with no space |
Periosteum | covers the entire bone; helps forms & repairs bone tissues |
proximal epiphysis | closets to the center of the body |
Diaphysis | shaft of the bone |
distal epiphysis | furthest to the center of the body |
Osteon | cyclinder shaped unit including bone cells that surround a central canal; haversian system |
Perforating canal | connects and communicates with central canals |
canaliculi | osteocytes communicate with nearby cells |
osteocyte | bone cell |