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Is made up of some type of cartilage
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Skeletal cartilage
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A dense layer of connective tissue around cartilage
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Perichondrium
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Name the three types of cartilage
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Hyaline elastic and fibricartilage
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Looks like frosted glass when freshley exposed. provide flexibly and resilience
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Hyaline
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Highly compressible and has great tensile strength
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Fibrocartlage
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In appositional growth...
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...cartlage forming cells in the surrounding perichondrium secrete new matrix against the external face of the existing cartilage tissue
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In interstitial growth...
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...the lacunae-bound chondrocytes divide and new secrete new matrix expanding the cartilage from within
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Calcium salts may be deposited to the matrix causing it to harden in a process called...
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...calcification
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Includes the vertibral column, skull, and rib cage
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Axial skeleton
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Includes appendages and girdle
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Appendicular skeleton
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The four types of bones are...
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...long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular bones
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Name the five functions bones play in our bodies.
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Support, Protection, Movement, Mineral Storage, and Blood Cell Formation
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Describe a bone marking
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Projections that grow from bones that allow bones to be used along with tendons and muscles
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Tuberosity
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Large rounded projection; may be roughened
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Crest
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Narrow ridge of bone; usually prominate
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