English > bone: 6 senses > noun 1, body| Meaning | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. |
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| Synonym | os |
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| Part of | endoskeleton | The internal skeleton |
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| Parts | bone cell | A cell that is part of a bone |
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| condyle | A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone |
| coronoid process, processus coronoideus | A sharp triangular process projecting from a bone |
| lamella | A thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones |
| marrow, bone marrow | The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones |
| matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance | The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
| socket | A bony hollow into which a structure fits |
| Narrower | Wormian bone, sutural bone | Any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones |
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| anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus | The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint |
| bare bone | bone stripped of flesh |
| calvaria, skullcap | The dome of the skull |
| cannon bone | greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals |
| carpal bone, carpal, wrist bone | Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates |
| cartilage bone | Any bone that develops within cartilage rather than a fibrous tissue |
| centrum | The main body of a vertebra |
| cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum | The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek |
| clavicle, collarbone | bone linking the scapula and sternum |
| coccyx, tail bone | The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes |
| cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
| cuboid bone | The cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus |
| dentine, dentin | bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth |
| ethmoid, ethmoid bone | One of the eight bones of the cranium |
| fishbone | A bone of a fish |
| furcula | A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds |
| gladiolus, corpus sternum | The large central part of the breastbone |
| heelbone, calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare | The largest tarsal bone |
| hipbone, innominate bone | large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis |
| hyoid, hyoid bone, os hyoideum | A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles |
| ilium | The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone |
| ischium, ischial bone, os ischii | One of the three sections of the hipbone |
| jaw | The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth |
| lacrimal bone | small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts |
| long bone, os longum | In limbs of vertebrate animals |
| manubrium | The upper part of the breastbone |
| marrowbone | A bone containing edible marrow |
| membrane bone | Any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation |
| metacarpal, metacarpal bone | Any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers |
| metatarsal | Any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes |
| modiolus | The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea |
| nasal, nasal bone, os nasale | An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose |
| occiput | back part of the head or skull |
| ossicle, bonelet, ossiculum | A small bone |
| palatine, palatine bone, os palatinum | Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits |
| pastern, fetter bone | The part between the fetlock and the hoof |
| phalanx | Any of the bones of the fingers or toes |
| pubis, pubic bone, os pubis | One of the three sections of the hipbone |
| ramus | The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical |
| rib, costa | Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) |
| round bone | bones that are round in shape |
| sacrum | wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis |
| scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone | Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings |
| sesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideum | Any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint |
| short bone, os breve | A bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions |
| sinciput | The front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) |
| skull | The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates |
| sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull |
| splint bone | A rudimentary metacarpal or metatarsal bone on either side of the cannon bone in the leg of a horse or related animal |
| sternum, breastbone | The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs |
| tarsal, tarsal bone | Any bone of the tarsus |
| temporal bone, os temporale | A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear |
| tooth | Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates |
| turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal | Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates |
| tympanic bone | The bone enclosing the middle ear |
| vertebra | One of the bony segments of the spinal column |
| vomer | Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum |
| xiphoid process | smallest of the three parts of the breastbone |
| zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus | The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone |
| Broader | connective tissue | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells |
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| Substance of | horn | One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates |
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| Substances | bone, osseous tissue | The porous calcified substance from which bones are made |
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| collagen | A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue |
| Spanish | hueso, os |
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| Catalan | os |
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| Adjectives | bony, boney | having bones especially many or prominent bones |
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| bony | composed of or containing bone |
| ossiferous | containing bones (especially fossil bones) |
| osteal | relating to bone or to the skeleton |
| Nouns | bonelet | a small bone |
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