Functions of Bones
Anchors soft tissues and organs.
What is support?
The middle of the long part of the bone.
What is the diaphysis?
A hole in the bone for blood vessels and nerves to pass through.
What is a foramina?
Compact bone with rings of concentric lamellae and a central canal.
What is an osteon?
This bone has no osteons.
What is trabeculae?
The rib cage and sternum
What bones protects the heart?
The inside of the middle of the long bone. It makes yellow bone marrow.
The attachment site on the femur for the pectineus muscle.
What is the pectineal line?
Tiny canals for nutrient and waste exchange.
What is canaliculi?
This is light and strong.
What is spongy bone?
Skeletal muscle attached to bones.
What allows the body to move?
What is the epiphyseal plate?
A bone cell that builds new bone.
What is an osteoblast?
The outer layer of all bones.
What is compact bone?
This artery supplies the ends of the long bones.
The epiphyseal artery.
99% of this is stored in bone.
What is calcium?
The articular cartilage that covers the epiphyses.
What is hyaline cartilage?
What is lacunae?
Remnants of old osteons.
What is interstitial lamellae?
Highly sensitive pain receptors in bone.
What are periosteal nerves?
Red bone marrow.
What is blood cell production?
The external surface of bone, the part that is ripped off in an avulsion fracture.
What is the periosteum?
A monocyte that releases enzymes and acids to break down matrix.
What is an osteoclast?
Inorganic crystals that increase hardness and compression resistance.
What is hydroxyapatite?
The oblique path through compact bone for arteries and veins.