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Acetabulum
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Rounded depression, or socket, in the pelvis, which joins the femu (thigh bone), forming the hip joint.
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Acromion
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Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder. It overlies the shoulder joint and articultes with the clavicle
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Articular cartilage
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Thin layer of cartilage surrounding the bone in the joint space.
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Bone
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Dense, hard connective tissue composing the skeleton.
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Calcium
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One of the mineral constituents of bone.
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Cancellous bone
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Spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of a bone.
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Cartilaginous tissue
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Flexible, rubbery connective tissue.
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Collagen
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Dense, connective tissue protein strands found in bone and other tissues.
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Compact bone
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Hard, dense bone tissue, usually found around the outer portion of bones.
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Condyle
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Knuckle-like process at the end of a bone near the joint.
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Cranial bones
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Skull bones; ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal, sphenoid and temporal.
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Diaphysis
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Shaft, or mid-portion, of a long bone.
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Disk (disc)
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Flat, round, plate-like structure. An intervertebral disk is a fibrocartilaginious substance between two vertebrae.
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Epiphyseal plate
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Cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth takes place in the immature skeleton.
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Epiphysis
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Each end of a long bone; the area beyond the epiphseal plate.
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