Bone Classification
Scapulae are considered part of the ______ skeleton
What is appendicular?
The structural unit of compact bone
What is an osteon?
The shaft of a long bone is called this
What is diaphysis?
The tuberosity is considered what
What is a bone projection?
The vitamin that is important for calcium absorption in the intestine
What is vitamin D?
The bone classification of the scapula
What is flat?
The osteocytes are found here
What is lacunae?
The membrane that covers most of the outer surface of a long bone
What is periosteum?
What bone marking would most likely be part of a joint
What is a condyle?
The diesase that is often discovered by accident when X-ray films are taken and causes a spotty weakening of the bones?
What is Paget's disease?
The classification of bones that form within tendons
What is sesamoid?
This anchors the periosteum to the underlying bone
What are perforating fibers?
The location of the long bone if you are looking at the articular cartilage
What is epiphysis?
The bone cell that produces the bony matrix in a developing bone
What is an osteoblast?
Newly produced bony matrix that has NOT yet been mineralized
What is an osteoid seam?
The sternum is considered an example of an ____ bone
What is axial?
The central canals are connected to each other by this structure(s)
What are perforating canals?
What would NOT be found in the long bone of a 30-year-old adult
What is an epiphyseal plate?
The primary ossification center of a long bone
What is diaphysis?
The first stage of bone repair
What is hematoma formation?
The phalanges are under this classified
What is long?
Collagen is found here in bone
What is lamellae?
Spongy bone is made up of small, flat pieces of bone called
What is trabeculae?
The structure plays an important role in widening long bones
What is periosteum?
Androgen-suppressing drugs are a risk factor for this
What is osteoporosis?