Bones
Where in bone are blood cells produced?
What is red bone marrow
The bones in the spine are in which category?
What is irregular
Which structure unites articulating bones?
What is a Ligament
Which type of joint has movements limited to flexion and extension?
What is hinge
Which movement is bending of a joint so that the angle of the joint decreases?
What is flexion
Which term refers to the hard outer shell of a bone?
What is compact
Which bones are small, rounded, and embedded in tendons?
What is sesamoid
Which type of fluid is found in cavities of freely movable joints?
What is synovial
Which type of joints, found in the thumb, possess a concave surface facing one direction and a convex surface facing the other direction?
What is saddle
Which movement is toward the midline of the body?
What is adduction
Which cells destroy bone?
What is Osteoclasts
The skeletal system is divided into which two regions?
What is the axial and appendicular
Which term means the place where bones come together or join?
What is articulation
Which type of joint has movements limited to rotation?
What is pivot
Which movement is lateral rotation in which the bones of the forearm are parallel and the palm faces anteriorly?
What is supination
Which term refers to the lighter and less dense area of a bone?
What is spongy
Which term means the two ends of a long bone?
What is epiphyses
Which structures are flattened and saclike, and located between ligaments or tendons and bones?
What is bursae
Which type of joint has is the most movable?
What is ball and socket
Which movement occurs when the ankle causes the foot to move superiorly in the direction of the top of the foot?
What is dorsiflexion
Which term means the process of bone development?
What is ossification
Which term means the long cylindrical shaft of a bone?
What is diaphysis
Which type of joint provides movement in one axis?
What is uniaxial
Which type of joint provides movement in all three cardinal planes?
What is multiplanar
Which movement occurs when a bone pivots around its own central axis?
What is rotation