Long Bone Anatomy
This is the type of bone found in the epiphyses.
What is spongy bone?
This type of bone cell creates osteoblasts
What are osteogenic cells?
The two main components of the skeletal system
What are cartilage and bone?
Only occurs in infants and toddlers
What is a greenstick?
This normally forms within 6-8 hours of the fracture
What is a hematoma?
Full of stem cells and platelets
What is red marrow?
Bone cell that gets buried and becomes a different type of bone.
What is an osteoblast?
The division of this system that includes the skull and vertebral column
What is the axial skeleton?
Tons of fragments of bone due to intense force
What is a comminuted?
Another name for realignment
What is a reduction?
When it is lost, arthritis develops
What is articular cartilage?
Mature bone cell
What is an osteocyte?
The femur, finger bones and humerus belong to this category of bone.
What are long bones?
A fracture that occurs at a diagonal across the bone
What is an oblique?
Osteoblasts begin producing this within a week.
What is osteoid?
The outer layer of bone
What is the periosteum?
Removes dead bone after a fracture
What is an osteoclast?
The patella belongs to the category of bone
What is a sesamoid bone?
Occurs in a straight line across the bone
What is a transverse?
These absorb dead bone tissue
Allows the bone tissue to receive nutrients
What is the nutrient foramen?
Only type of bone cell that does not go through cell division
What is an osteogenic cell?
L5-L7 belong to this division of the skeleton
What is the axial skeleton?
When the bones are no longer aligned?
What is a displaced?
This forms a temporary splint
What is a soft callus?