Skeleton 1
How many bones make up the adult body
What is 206 bones?
The largest bone in the body.
What is the Femur?
What are the two main parts of the skeleton system.
What is Axial and Appendicular?
Looks long and skinny. Location could be on arms, legs, fingers
What are long bones?
Also known as the breast bone.
What is the sternum?
Looks like a sponge in the inside.
The ends of the of long bones.
What is Spongy Bone?
A membrane around the outside of the whole bone that protects and helps the bone with repair and nutrition.
What is Periosteum?
Looks: Flat and Large
Location:Head, Ribs, Hip
What is Flat bone?
An air filled cavity within a bone.
What is Sinus?
The process of bone formation
What is ossification?
Bone cells that “degrade” or destroy old bone to make room for new bone.
What is osteoclasts?
Looks:Dense, Thick, and Compact
Location: The middle of long bones and the edges of bones.
What is compact bone?
Bone cells that build bones
What is osteoblasts?
Bone marrow inside the medullary cavity that is important for fat storage.
What is Yellow Bone Marrow?
A hole through a bone which nerves and blood vessels pass through.
What is foramen?
Bone marrow inside the spongy bone that makes the blood cells.
What is Red Bone Marrow?
Bone cells that are part of fully formed bone
What is osteocytes?