Locations
The bones of the skull, vertebrae, and ribs make up this.
What is the Axial Skeleton?
This cell is responsible for breaking down and resorbing bone tissue?
What is the osteoclast?
This joint is immovable and found in your skull.
What is a suture?
Your upper arm
What is the humerus?
The shaft of the long bone.
What is the diaphysis?
The bones of the limbs and pelvis make up this.
What is the Appendicular Skeleton.
This cell is produced in the bone marrow.
What is the red blood cell?
This joint is only capable of flexion and extension.
What is a hinge joint?
Your thigh
What is the femur?
This hormone, released from the parathyroid gland, is released when your blood calcium is too low. It stimulates osteoclasts to break down bone and release calcium which is absorbed into the bloodstream.
What is parathyroid hormone?
The ethmoid bone is found here.
What is the skull?
This cell is the bone building cell.
What is the osteoblast?
The capsule filled with fluid in a synovial joint is called this.
What is the joint capsule?
The bones that protect your heart and lungs.
What are the ribs?
This mineral is stored in your bones.
What is calcium?
The patella is found here.
What is the knee?
This is the mature bone cell that makes up most of the bone structure.
What is the osteocyte?
The pubis symphysis, which is slightly moveable, is this type of joint.
What is cartilanginous?
The bones of your ankle
What are the tarsals?
This is found and the ends of long bones to to provide smooth movement of joints and cushion from shock.
What is articular cartilage?
The atlas is found here.
What is the cervical vertebrae?
This is made of living cells and fibers surrounded by calcium deposits.
What is the bone matrix?
The axis and atlas form this type of joint.
What is a pivot joint?
What are phalanges?
This hard outer layer of the bone is called this.
What is the periosteum?