skeletal system 310
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- a joint formed between 2 bones
- articulation
- cartilage covering the ends of bones forming a joint
- articular cartilage
- dense bone tissue formed of numerous tightly packed osteons
- compact bone
- the shaft of a long bone
- diaphysis
- the formation of bone tissue within a cartilage
- endochondral ossification
- the enlarged ends of a long bone
- epiphysis
- the formation of bone tissue within a fibrous membrane
- intramembranous ossification
- band/cord of fibrous connective tissue thta joins bones together
- ligament
- the cavity within the shaft of a long bone that is filled with yellow marrow
- medullary cavity
- a bone cell that deposits matrix
- osteoblast
- a bone cell that breaks down bone matrix
- osteoclast
- a bone cell occupying a lacune
- osteocyte
- an air filled cavity in a bone located near the nasal cavity
- paranasal sinus
- the fibrous membrane that covers bones
- periosteum
- bone tissue that contains numerous spaces filled with red marrow
- spongy bone