1
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Long Bones
A
bones with long longitudinal axis and flat ends
2
Q
Short bones
A
Bones with roughly equal lengths and widths
3
Q
Flat Bones
A
Plate like bones with broad surfaces
4
Q
Irreagular bones
A
Bones of any other shape
5
Q
Ephisis
A
expanded portion at the end of the bone
6
Q
articular cartillage
A
cartilage coating the ephisis
7
Q
diaphysis
A
shaft of bone between ephisises
8
Q
periosteum
A
tissue that encloses bone
9
Q
Compact bone
A
bone with a continuous extracellular matrix
10
Q
Spongey bone
A
full of boney plates
11
Q
trabeculae
A
bony plates in spongey bone
12
Q
Medullary Cavity
A
hollow tube inside bone
13
Q
endosteum
A
thin layer of cells that lines the medullary cavity
14
Q
marrow
A
a soft connective tissue that fills spaces in bone
15
Q
lacunae
A
tiny chambers in bone
16
Q
lamellae
A
a bony matrix in which lacunae sits
17
Q
canaliculi
A
projections of osteons
18
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