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Long Bones
Fractures
Get in the Zone
Bone Cell Types
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The proximal and distal ends of a long bone
What is the epiphysis
100
This fracture has no break in the skin
What is a closed fracture
100
The number of zones of growth in an epiphyseal plate
What is 4
100
Undifferentiated cells found in the inner layer of periosteum and endosteum
What is osteoprogenitor cells
100
This is made up of water, collagen fibers, and crystalized mineral salts
What is the matrix
200
Two layers of the periosteum
What is fibrous and osteogenic
200
A fracture where the broken ends of bones are fragmented
What is a comminuted fracture
200
A zone that has rapid cell division
What is the zone of proliferating cartilage
200
Mature cells that no longer secrete matrix
What is osteocytes
200
Decrease bone mass resulting in porous bones
What is osteoporosis
300
Reduces friction and absorbs shock
What is articular cartilage
300
Healing is faster in bone due to the presence of this
What is blood vessels
300
This zone anchors the growth plate to bone
What is the zone of resting cartilage
300
Cells that function in bone resorption
What is osteoclasts
300
Embryonic cells
What is mesenchymal cells
400
Mature cells of a bone
What is osteocytes
400
A distal radial fracture
What is a colle's fracture
400
Enlarged cells that remain in columns
What is the zone of hypertrophic cartilage
400
Cells that form matrix and collagen fibers but can't divide
What is osteoblasts
400
New adult bone produced fails to ossify
What is osteomalacia
500
A means by which the bone can increase in length
What is epiphyseal plate
500
A distal fibular fracture
What is a Pott's fracture
500
Osteoblasts move in to create bone and osteoclasts remove matrix
What is the zone of calcified cartilage
500
Cells that can divide to replace themselves and can become osteoblasts
What is osteoprogenitor cells
500
Lining of the medullary cavity
What is the endosteum