Bone Basics
What are the main functions of the skeletal system
What is support, protection, movement, storage, blood cell formation, fat storage, hormone production
Long bones are typically longer than they are ____
what is Wide
What is the shaft of a long bone called
What is the diaphysis
Which bone cells build new bone
What are osterblasts
What is bone formation called
What is ossification or osteogenesis
What two major parts make up the skeleton
What are axial and appendicular
What is the main example of a sesamoid bone
what is the Patella
What part of a long bone contains yellow marrow
What is the medullary cavity
Which bone cells break down bone
What are osteoclasts
What type of ossification forms flat bones
What are intramembraneous ossification
What kind of tissue forms ligaments and tendons
What is dense regular connective tissue
Which bones form the axial skeleton
what are the Skull, vertebral column, rib cage
What covers the outside of a bone
What is the periosteum
Which bone cells are mature and maintain the matrix
What are osteocytes
What type of ossification forms most long bones
What is endochondral ossification
Which mineral is most stored in bones
What is calcium (and phsophate)
What type of bone is cube-shaped and found in wrists or ankles
What are short bones
What separates the diaphysis from the epiphysis
What is the epiphyseal line/ epiphyseal plate
What are the stem cells that form osteoblasts
What are Osteoprogenitor cells
What zone of the epiphyseal plate shows cartilage cell division
What is the proliferation zone
What hormone is produced by bone that affects metabolism
What is osterocalcin
What bones are irregularly shaped
What are Vertebrae and the pelvis
What type of cartilage covers the ends of bones
What is articular cartilage
What are the small spaces that host osteocytes
What is the lacunae
What term describes bone thickening in diameter
What is the appositional or diametrical growth