Skeletal System Functions
The skull protects this organ.
What is a brain
This mineral is stored in bones and is found in dairy products like milk and cheese
what is Calcium?
The femur is the type of bone
long bone
What is an incomplete broken bone occurring most often in children
greenstick
What is a bone cell
Osteocyte
To avoid looking like a deflated bean bag, our skeletons provide us with _______.
What is structure/support?
The Thyroid gland produces this when blood calcium levels are to high.
calcitonin
The wrist contains this type of bone
what are short bones
What is the mass of blood that forms first when a broken bones begins to repair
hematoma
Connects muscle to bone
tendon
This houses your spinal cord
What is your spine/ vertebral column
This hormone breaks down your bone to put calcium back into your blood stream
What is PTH?
The vertebrae are examples of this
what are irregular bones
transverse
Connects bone to bone
ligament
This is the largest vertebrae to bear the most weight.
Lumbar vertebrae
The process of bone formation is known as
ossification
the scapula is an example of this type of bone
what is a flat bone
This fracture occurs when a ligament or tendon pulls away from the bone causing this break
avulsion
stores fat
yellow bone marrow
This protects the heart and lungs
what is the thoracic cage?
This secretes an acid to enlarge the medullary cavity for bone marrow
osteoclasts
the patella is an example of this type of bone
what is sesamoid
This forms when cartilage forms to hold a broken bone together and blood vessels grow around the fracture
a callus
hematopoiesis occurs here
red bone marrow