| A | B |
|---|
| axial skeleton | skull, vertebral column, & ribcage |
| appendicular skeleton | bones of the limbs & girdles |
| diaphysis | elongated shaft of a long bone |
| periosteum | fibrous connective tissue that covers the diaphysis |
| Sharpey's fibers/perforating fibers | connective tissue fibers securing the periosteum to the bone |
| epiphyses | ends of the long bone |
| articular cartilage | hyaline cartilage surrounding the epiphses |
| epiphyseal plate | flat plate of hyaline cartilage found in young, growing bone |
| yellow marrow | storage area in bone for adipose tissue |
| red marrow | forms red blood cells |
| osteocytes | mature bone cells |
| lacunae | depression or space in bone or cartilage |
| lamellae | circular arrangement of lacunae around the Haversian canal |
| Haversian canal | canals running lengthwise through bone carrying blood vessels & nerves |
| canaliculi | small tubular passage or canal in bones |
| ossification | bone formation |
| osteoblasts | bone-forming cells |
| osteoclasts | bone destroying cells |
