Bone Basics
What is the medullary cavity?
This cavity contains yellow bone marrow.
What is the skull?
This part of the skeleton protects the brain.
What is the clavicle?
This bone is commonly called the collarbone.
What is a diarthrosis (synovial joint)?
This type of joint is freely movable.
What is a characteristic of a long bone?
This type of bone is longer than it is wide.
What is a characteristic of compact bone?
This type of bone tissue is dense and strong.
What organs do the ribs protect?
These bones protect the heart and lungs.
What is a fun fact about the femur?
It is the longest bone in the body.
What is an example of a ball-and-socket joint?
The shoulder
What is articular cartilage?
The tissue that covers the ends of bones in joints.
What is a characteristic of spongy bone?
This type of bone tissue contains trabeculae.
What is the occipital bone?
This bone forms the posterior portion of the skull.
What is the calcaneus?
This bone forms the heel.
What is an example of a hinge joint?
The elbow
What is the Periosteum?
This is the tough membrane that covers the outer surface of bone.
What are osteoclasts?
These cells break down bone tissue.
Which vertebral region contains 12 vertebrae?
Thoracic
What are the radius and ulna?
These two bones make up the forearm.
What does a ligament connect?
This structure connects bone to bone.
What is ossification?
This process is the formation of new bone tissue.
What are osteoblasts?
These cells build new bone tissue.
What is C2?
This vertebra is known as the "axis."
What is the acetabulum?
This socket receives the head of the femur.
What is flexion?
This type of movement decreases the angle of a joint.