Disorders
This occurs when a bone is displaced from its proper position?
Dislocation
The elbow is what type of joint?
Hinge
Which bone forms the base of the cranium and contains the foramen magnum?
Occipital
Longest bone of the body
Femur
Which part of the bone is a hollow cylinder that makes the bone strong?
Diaphysis
Which type of fracture is when the bone bends but does not completely bend?
Greenstick
Cancer of the bone
Osteosarcoma
Straightening or increasing the angle of bone is called?
Extension
The bone of the upper jaw
Maxilla
Bones of the fingers and toes
Phalanges
Bones are formed of microscopic cells called
Osteocytes
When a bone is broken but does not pierce the skin.
Closed/Simple
An acute inflammation due to high uric acid levels in the body.
Gout
Give two examples of a ball and socket joint?
Hips and shoulders
Which type of vertebrae are located in the chest area and articulate with the ribs?
Thoracic
What bones form the shoulder girdle?
Clavicle and scapula
Bone cells that develop new bone are called
Osteoblasts
The type of fracture repair that requires surgical intervention.
Open reduction
Refers to a bone infection
Osteomyelitis
A joint in which an extension of one bone rotates in a second arch- shaped bone is called
Pivot joint
Bones of the skull are examples of what type of bone?
Flat
Also known as the shin bone
Tibia
Part of the bone responsible for bone growth, repair, and nutrition?
Periosteum
Which type of repairing a fracture involves a pulling force to hold bones in place
Traction
Bone mass and _______ decrease as we age
density
A partially moveable joint
Amphiarthroses joint
Which unpaired bone is located between the eyes and forms part of the nasal cavity?
Ethmoid
The bones that form the ankle joint are the Tibia, Fibula, and what other bone?
Talus
The process by which mineral matter replaces cartilage is called
Ossification
Exaggerated inward curvature in lumbar region
Lordosis