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Bone Shapes: A Beginning
Bone Function: As Seen On TV
Part of a Long Bone Begins
Bone Tissue Properties: Part Deux
Bone Cells: A Christmas Carol
100
These bones have a length greater than their width
What is a long bone?
100
It provides this to the organs
What is Protection?
100
The main body of the bone
What is the diaphysis?
100
This is the fiber type found in bone tissue
What is collagen?
100
The starting cells of the bone
What are osteogenic cells?
200
These bones have a flat shape
What is a flat bone?
200
It does this with muscles
What is Aid in Movement?
200
The proximal and distal ends
What is the epiphyses?
200
A common mineral found within bone (Two choices)
What is Calcium or Phosphorus?
200
These cells secrete the matrix in bone
What is an osteoblast?
300
These bones have a length that is only slightly greater or equal to their width
What is a short bone?
300
This is the process of developing blood
What is hemopoiesis?
300
The area between the body and the ends
What is the metaphyses?
300
The process of bone tissue hardening due to deposits of minerals in collagen fibers
What is calcification?
300
This cell is completely encased in the matrix but still carries out normal functions
What is an osteocyte?
400
These bones have a complex shape
What is an irregular bone?
400
It does this via adipoctyes in yellow bone marrow
What is Storage?
400
The outer skin of the bone
What is the periosteum?
400
A disease found in children in which the bones become rubbery and soft
What is rickets?
400
The fusion of 50 white blood cells to help break down bone
What is an osteoclast?
500
A vertebrae is an example of this type
What is an irregular bone?
500
It provides this to soft muscle tissue and muscle attachment
What is Support?
500
The large, inner cavity of the bone
What is the medullary cavity?
500
This is the name when rickets is found within adults?
What is osteomalacia?
500
A type of bone cancer that affects long bones during growing periods
What is osteogenic sarcoma?