Terms
Bone Histology
Bone Growth and Remodeling
Joints
Motion and Movement
100
Osteoblast
What is a bone forming cell
100

What are the principle agents in bone matrix?

Collagen and hydroxyapatite

100

What helps to hold the broken pieces of bone together?

The external callus.

100
Ball and socket joint
What is the joint in the body that provides the most range of motion?
100
Standing on your toes
What is plantar flexion?
200
Osteoclast
What is a large multinucleated cell that breaks down bone
200

Provides flexibility and tensile strength in bones.

What is collagen?

200

What is growth that can occur after the epiphyseal plate is ossified and causes bones to grow in width rather than length?

Appositional growth.

200
Fibrous joints and cartilaginous joints
What are the two types of joints that offer little or no motion?
200
Leg moving away from the midline
What is abduction?
300
Osteocyte
What is a mature bone cell surrounded by bone matrix
300

What are the extensions of osteocytes which allow communication with one another?

What are canaliculi?

300

What forms after a clot forms on a broken bone?

Soft callus made of fibrocartilage.

300

Lubrication of the joint

What is the purpose of the synovial fluid in a synovial joint?

300
Rotation of the arms so that palms are facing up
What is supination?
400
Hematoma
What is a localized mass of blood that is confined to an organ or some definable space
400

What kind of bone is all new bone tissue?

What is cancellous bone?

400

What is the process of turning cartilage into bone?

Ossification.

400
Synovial membrane
What produces synovial fluid?
400
Rotation of arms so that palms are facing down
What is pronation?
500
Callus
What is a mass of tissue that connects the ends of a broken bone
500

When bone remodels, it becomes ________________ bone for the purpose of repair and increasing bone mass.

Compact

500

What is the process of breaking down and rebuilding bone called?

Bone remodeling.

500
Cushions the ends of the bones
What is the purpose of the articular cartilage in a synovial joint?
500
Circular motion performed by ball and socket joints
What is circumduction?
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