all bones in limbs are long bones except - Answers -✔✔ carpals, tarsals, patella
diaphysis - Answers -✔✔ - shaft of long bone
- outer ring of compact bone, inner ring of spongy bone
- hollow core: medullary cavity
medullary cavity filled with - Answers -✔✔ yellow bone marrow
yellow bone marrow primarily composed of - Answers -✔✔ adipose tissue (fat - energy
storage)
medullary cavity function - Answers -✔✔ energy storage, keeps bone light
epiphyses - Answers -✔✔ - ends of the bone
- layer of compact bone, mostly spongy bone
- no medullary cavity
- external layer of hyaline/articular cartilage
epiphyseal plate - Answers -✔✔ growth plate present in long bone before puberty;
cartilage
epiphyseal line - Answers -✔✔ remainder of the epiphyseal plate after puberty; bone
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