Lower Body
The hip bone is formed by the pubis and the fusion of these two bones
What is the ilium and ischium?
This type of joint connects a tooth into its socket
What is gomphoses?
These joints use collagen fibers to attach two bones together
What is syndesmoses?
This area of long bones is home to the epiphyseal plate, or growth plate region
What is the metaphysis?
This type of bone growth is defined as "growth in diameter and thickness"
What is appositional growth?
This hole located between the pubis and ischium allows for passage of nerves, arteries, and vessels
What is the Obturator Foramen?
This type of joint is originally cartilage or fibrous, until ossification occurs
What is a bony joint?
What is amphiarthrosis?
The frontal bone of the skull is known as this type of bone shape
What is a flat bone?
This type of fracture occurs in a bone that is weakened by a disease such as osteoporosis
What is a pathological fracture?
This is a large socket on the lateral face of the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur
What is the acetabulum?
What is synarthrosis?
These are the two types of cartilaginous joints
What is synchondroses and sympheses?
These bone cells work to create new bone
What are osteoblasts?
In this type of fracture, a portion of the bone will be shattered into many pieces, at least three or more.
What is a comminuted fracture?
This weight-bearing bone is the "useful" bone of the crural region
What is the tibia?
This type of suture is jagged, like the occipital suture
What is a serrate suture?
This type of cartilaginous joint is made of hyaline cartilage, as well as it is a synarthrosis joint
What is synchondroses?
These are small cavities in bones that house matured osteocytes
What are lacunae?
This is an abnormal posterior curvature of the spine
What is kyphosis?
This large bone is commonly known as the heel
What is the calcaneous?
These are the three types of fibrous joints
What are sutures, gomphoses, and syndesmoses
This type of joint contains a bursa to help reduce friction
What is synovial joint?
Red bone marrow begins to go away as we grow older, it is converted to yellow bone marrow, where is the majority of yellow bone marrow found in an adult?
Where is the long bones?
This word is defined as "A cavity within a bone"
What is a sinus?