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Axial Skeleton
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Articulations
Parts of Long Bone
General Skeletal
Vocabulary
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The facial bone that means cheekbones. 

Zygomatic

100

Proximal to the tibia and fibula but distal to the ilium

femur

100
Fibrous joint that is an articulation of a tooth in its socket 

Gomphosis 

100

Shaft of the bone

diaphysis 

100

Elements stored in bone

calcium and phosphorus 

100

Holds bone to bone

Ligament

200

This type of vertebra has a long spinous process and there are 12 of them. 

 thoracic

200

two bones that make up the pectoral girdle

clavicle and scapula

200
Cartilaginous joint between pubis bones and consists of fibrocartilage
pubic symphysis 
200

What is at the ends of the long bone - grows smaller due presence of growth plate. 

articular cartilage

200

The primary role of osteoclasts

bone resorption or breakdown of bone 

200

Holds bone to muscle

tendon

300

These two larges bones form the sagittal suture

left and right parietal bones

300

The bone that contains the olecranon process, the bony tip of the elbow

ulna

300

Movement when a ballerine points her toes

Plantar Flexion

300

Type of bone that is usually at periosteum 

compact bone

300

During bone growth, this non-osseous tissue is replaced by bone. 

hyaline cartilage

300

abnormal lateral curvature of spine

scoliosis 

400

Cranial bone shaped like a bat or butterfly with foramen for important vessels and nerves

sphenoid bone

400
the largest of the 3 bones of the os cosa/pelvic bone 

ilium 

400
the defining characteristic of a synovial joint that differentiates it structurally from fibrous and cartilaginous joints

fluid-filled joint cavity (fluid = synovial fluid) 

400

The lattice-like network/type of bone that houses the marrow in the epiphysis

spongy bone or cancellous bone 

400

small channels/tunnels that connect lacunae and allow for transport of nutrients and waste products through hard bone matrix

canaliculi 
400

The name for the soft spots on a baby's skull that are made of cartilage and will later harden into bone.

fontanelles

500

Type of ossification to form flat bones of axial skeleton 

intramembranous ossificiation 

500

The gender with a larger pelvic inlet 

female pelvis

500

This movement leads to ulna and radius crossing over one another due to the presence of this type of membrane

pronation; interosseous membrane 

500

The membrane that contains osteoblasts and osteoclasts, lines the medullary cavity

endosteum

500
The effect of parathyroid hormone secretion on blood calcium

inrease in blood calcium levels due to stimulation of osteoclasts 

500

The large opening at the base of the occipital bone, which allows the spinal cord to connect to the brain.

foramen magnum