Bone Categories
What are the 4 types of bones?
Long, flat, round, irregular
This is the space in which osteocytes reside
What type of bone marking is anything that sticks out
Process
This bone marking is found only on the femur
Trochanter
This is the name of a bone cell
Osteocyte
What type of bone is longer than it is wide?
Long
These channels allow lacunae to be connected
Canaliculi
This is the bone marking that is any type of cavity or sunken in region of a bone
Depression
What is a small, round hole that allows blood vessels to pass through called?
Foramen
These cells break down bone matrix
Osteoclast
What type of bone is as long as it is wide?
Short
This is the basic unit of compact bone
Osteon
What type of bone marking is this?
Process
This is a large, round hole that passes through a bone
Canal/meatus
This is what happens to your bones during space travel and the reason(s) why it happens
Become less dense/less mass due to increased osteoclast activity
What type of bone would the rib be?
Flat
These structures allow blood vessels to pass through them in a longitudinal manner
Central Canal/Haversian Canal
What type of depression does a condyle fit into?
Depression
What type of bone marking
Facet
The ends of a long bone are called what, and what type of bone are they largely made up of
Epiphyses, spongy
What type of bone would the femur be?
Long
This structure connects two Haversian/Central canals
Volkmann's canal
What type of bone marking?
Sulcus
What type of bone marking
Head
Provide 4 functions of bones
What is support, protection, body movement, blood cell formation (hematopoiesis), inorganic salt storage