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Types of Bones
Important Terms
Types of Bones
100
Name the two types of marrow you see in bones?
What is yellow and red marrow?
100
What is it called where bone meets another bone?
What is a "Joint"
100
This type of bone provides support and allows a body to stand and move freely. They assist an animal in body support, locomotion, and eating.
Example - Femur
What is a "long bone"?
100
Can you list the 4 major parts of a skeleton system?
What is bones, cartilage, teeth, and joints?
100
What type of bone is a skull or scapula?
What is a flat bone?
200
Thick band of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone?
What is a "tendon"?
200
Contains the sinuses which come in contact with the atmosphere
What is the "pneumatic bone"?
200
This bones provide protection, support, and are oddly shaped. They make up the back bone.
What is a "irregular bones"?
200
What are the 3 functions of a skeleton?
What is structure, movement, and protection of vital organs?
200
What type of bone is a femur?
What is a long bone?
300
Another name for the front limb of the animal?
What is "pectoral limb"?
300
What is another name for hind limb of a animal?
What is a "Pelvic Limb"?
300
Where can most flat bones be found on a animal?
What is "skull"?
300
What type of skeleton is green/blue tinted?
What is "appendicular skeleton"?
300
Your hands and feet are known as what bones?
What are short bones?
400
Soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones where blood cells are produced.
What is "marrow"?
400
Soft bone filled with many holes and spaces surrounded by hard bone.
What is "spongy bone"?
400
These bones are found in joints and serve as hinges. They serve as shock absorbers/flexible and cube shaped.
Example - Hocks
What is a "short bone"?
400
This is what type of skeleton is the red tint?
What is a "axial skeleton"?
400
What type of bone is your patella/kneecap?
What is a sesamoid bone?
500
A layer of hard bone tissue surrounding every bone.
What is "compact bone"?
500
What connects bone to bone?
What is a "Ligament"?
500
These bones contain air spaces called sinuses that are in contact with the atmosphere.
What is a "pneumatic bone"?
500
What percent of water is a bone composed of?
What is 50%
500
All your vertebrae's are known as what type of bone?
What is a irregular bone?