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My Skeleton Does What???
Structure of an Osteon
Skull
Spine
Thorax
100
Picture Clue #1
What is support?
100
These calcified tubes sit within one another much like Russian stack dolls, giving osteons a strong structure.
What are the lamellae?
100
This lobe of the skull makes up the area behind and around the ears.
What is the temporal lobe?
100
These vertebrae are the largest and thickest of the spine.
What are the lumbar vertebrae?
100
This floating bone supports the tongue.
What is the hyoid?
200
Picture Clue #2
What is protection?
200
These small spaces between the lamellae are the homes for osteocytes.
What are lacunae?
200
This bone makes up the lower jaw.
What is the mandible?
200
These vertebrae together with the ribs form the chest.
What are the thoracic vertebrae?
200
This bone articulates with the clavicle.
What is the sternum?
300
Picture Clue #3
What is movement?
300
This innermost tube or tunnel contains the blood vessel of the osteon.
What is the central canal?
300
This bone makes up the posterior portion of the roof of the mouth.
What is the palatine bone?
300
This triangular bone forms part of the hip.
What is the sacrum?
300
False ribs do not have a direct attachment to the sternum. A person typically has this many pairs of them.
What are 5?
400
Picture Clue #4
What is storage?
400
These cells sit within their own individual lacunae. Their names translating literally into "bone cell"
What are osteocytes?
400
This bone is located behind the nasal cavity.
What is the ethmoid?
400
The cervical area of the spine forms the neck, supports the skull, and contains this many vertebrae.
What is 7?
400
This cartilage connects ribs to the sternum.
What is costal cartilage?
500
Picture Clue #5
What is hematopoeisis?
500
These passage ways run throughout the lamellae bringing nutrients to the osteocytes and throughout the osteon.
What are canaliculi?
500
Give the scientific names for the three bones that make up the ear: "mallet", "anvil", and "styrup"
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?
500
This bone is a remnant of the tails humans lost in evolutionary history.
What is the coccyx?
500
This many pairs of ribs do not attach to any bone anteriorly.
What are 2?