What is another name for the shin bone?
Tibia
A __ is where two or more bones meet in the body.
Joints (or articulations)
T or F: the epiphyseal plate is seen only in the skeleton of adults.
False
Name four of the five types of bones (i.e. their shape).
Long bones, Short bones, Irregular bones, Flat bones and Sesamoid.
Where is the femur and what is its nickname?
Upper leg/thigh; thigh bone
What type of bone is the humerus?
Long
Rheumatoid arthritis is an _____ disease, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the joints and other structures of the body.
Autoimmune
The shoulder blade is also known as the ___.
Scapula
What type of bones are the carpals?
Short
Name the three types of joints in the human body and how we differentiate them.
Fiborous - Immoveable, Cartligenous - Slightly moveable and Synovial - Freely moveable
What is another name for the jaw bone? What type of bone is it (for +300 points)?
Mandible - Irregular
What is another name for the clavicle?
Collar bone
What type of bone are the ribs?
Flat
Name three types of synovial joints
Hinge, Ball and socket, Saddle, Pivot, Gliding Condyloid
Name the locations of the three parts of the vertebral column (there's five but we have mainly discussed three, the other two being the sacrum and coccyx)
Cervical- neck, Thoracic- chest/attached to ribs, Lumbar- lower back
What type of bones are the bones of the vertebrae?
Irregular
What type of joint is a ball and socket joint?
Synovial joint
Red bone marrow undergoes this process, which produces blood cells for the body
Hematopoiesis