What type of bone is the tibia?
What does a ligament connect?
Bone to bone
What type of bone are the cranial bones of the skull considered?
Flat bone
Name the four types of bones.
Long bones, Short bones, Irregular bones, Flat bones and Sesamoid.
What is Osteogenesis?
The process of bone formation
Explain the difference between compact and spongy bone?
Compact- dense outer layer to protect inner layer
Spongy- houses red and yellow bone marrow
What type of bones are the carpals?
The difference between an osteoblast and osteoclast.
Osteoblast- Build bone
Osteoclast- Break down bone
What is the biggest bone in the body and what type of bone is it?
Femur- Long
What type of bone is the illium?
What is a hematoma and why is it important?
A big blood clot to allow the bone to heal and not excessively bleed out
What does vascular mean vs avascular?
Avascular- low blood supply
What is the process of bone repair
A hematoma forms, a callus connects the separated bones, and osteoblasts rebuild the damaged bone