Bone Types
The arms & legs of a person are made up of this type of bone.
What are Long Bones?
This process involves the conversion of a hyaline cartilage model to be shaped into a long bone. It first involves the creation of the diaphysis with primary ossification centers, then the creation of the epiphyses with secondary ossification centers.
What is Endochondral Ossification?
To cup your hand as if holding a bowl of soup is an example of this type of palm movement.
What is Supination?
The production of red blood cells is found in red bone marrow, which is stored in spongy bone in these porous lattice structures.
What are Trabeculae?
The skull plates & ribs are made of a pair of compact bone layers and a diploe center, structures that are found in this type of bone.
What are flat bones?
The skull, a type of flat bone, is an example of the conversion from cartilage to bone while held inside a membrane.
What is Intramembranous Ossification?
Thanks to your ankle being a weak hinge, it is able to slightly turn itself inward when walking on uneven terrain. What is this type of ankle articulation?
What is inversion?
This is a fibrocartilage pad that cushions the knee and acts as a shock absorber.
What is a meniscus?
The patella is a sesame-shaped bone falling under this category.
What is a Sesamoid Bone?
These unspecialized embryonic cells will eventually differentiate into osteoblasts that will help build the bone matrix.
What are Mesenchyme (Osteoprogenitor) Cells?
If you were to move your arm away from the midline of your body, this is the type of articulation you would be doing.
What is AB-duction?
Yellow bone marrow acts as fat storage, and is found in this hollowed out section of the diaphysis of long bone.
What is a Medullary Cavity?
Our spinal cord is protected by a string of the uniquely shaped vertebrae, all being part of this bone type.
What are Irregular Bones?
This substance is secreted by osteoblasts and acts as an organic collagen framework that later on becomes mineralized with calcium salts.
What is an Osteoid?
Your mandible is able to move in a various number of ways during chewing, talking, and other advanced jaw movements.
To be able to pull your jaw inward is an example of this type of articulation.
What is Retraction?
These synovial fluid-filled pockets are found embedded in connective tissues such as the skin, and help reduce friction and act as shock absorbers.
What are Bursae?
This soft spot found on a baby's head will eventually disappear as bones on the skull plate fuse together.
What is a Fontanel?
The presence of this cartilage disc between the epiphysis and diaphysis of long bone indicates that the person's long bones are still in the process of growth.
What is an Epiphyseal Plate?
A ballerina is able to walk on her toes as they point downward using this type of foot articulation.
What is Plantar Flexion?
These type of joint structures criss-cross over the tibial head, stabilizing that part of the leg and the knee joint.
What are Cruciate Ligaments?