Vocabulary
What are the cartilaginous pads of tissue?
What is the Meniscus
What is the hard outer layer of the bone?
What is compact bone ?
What is the most common bone disease?
what is osteoporosis?
What is a unit of the bone called?
what is Osteon?
What is the shaft of the bone called?
What is Diaphysis?
What is the connective tissue that connects bone to bone?
What are Ligaments?
What is softer, less dense type of bone?
What is spongy bone?
What type of arthritis is caused by wear and tear of the joints ?
What is osteoarthritis ?
What is the opening in the center of an osteon that carried blood vessels and nerves called?
what is the central canal?
What are the heads or ends of the bone called?
What are Epiphysis?
What connects bone to Muscle ?
What are Tendons?
What is a cube shaped bone, containing mostly spongy bone?
what is short bone?
Which type of arthritis is an autoimmune disease?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
What are the cavities that contain blood cells?
What is Lacunae?
What covers the epiphysis and cushions the surface of the bones?
What is Articular Cartilage ?
What type of fracture crushes the bone?
what is a compression?
What bone is thin and flat, usually with a curve?
what is flat bone?
What is the result of a buildup of uric acid in the blood?
what is gout ?
What are the Rings around the central canal?
What is lamellae ?
What provide bones with nutrients?
What are Arteries?
What type of fracture is most common in sports, and is the result of excessive twisting forces?
What is spiral fracture?
What are the bones which, from their peculiar form, cannot be grouped as long, short, flat or sesamoid bones. (ex. vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, temporal )
What are irregular bones?
What is caused by a lack of vitamin D?
What is Rickets ?
What are the tiny canals that form a transport system?
What is canaliculi?
What is the cavity of the shaft that contains yellow marrow in adults ?
What is the Medullary Cavity?