THE PREFIX OSTEO REFERS TO
BONE
GLAND THAT CONTAINS FOUR PARATHYROID GLANDS
THYROID
THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE SEPARATES THIS STRUCTURE FROM THE EPIPHYSIS
DIAPHYSIS
FIBROUS JOINTS CALLED SUTURES ARE FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE SKELETON
SKULL
JOINTS THAT ALLOW FOR ONLY ROTATIONAL MOTION AS IN C1 AND C2 VERTEBRAL INTERACTION
PIVOT
THE SUFFIX BLAST MEANS THE CELL IS
IMMATURE
HOROMONE SECRETED BY THE PARATHYROID GLANDS TO REGULATE THE CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM IONS IN THE BLOOD
PARATHYROID HOROMONE (PTH)
EPIPHHYSEAL PLATES ARE MADE OF WHAT TISSUE
CARTILAGE
FIBROUS JOINTS ARE SYNDESMOSIS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA OF THE SKELETON
FOREARM
JOINTS THAT ALLOW FOR MOTION IN ONE PLANE AS AT THE KNEE AND ELBOW
HINGE
A BONE FORMING CELL WHICH PRODUCES THE BONE MATRIX
OSTEOBLAST
WHEN THE THYROID DETECTS AN INCREASE IN BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS IT SECRETES THE HOROMONE
CALCITONIN
WHEN BONE GROWS IN DIAMETER, THE BONE GROWTH IS REFERED TO AS
APPOSITIONAL BONE
CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS ARE SYNCHRONDROSIS AND FOUND IN THIS PORTION OF THE SKELETON
RIBS
JOINTS THAT ALLOW FOR MOVEMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS AT A THE SHOULDER AND HIP
BALL AND SOCKET
BEAMS OF BONE LOCATED INSIDE THE BONE AND FORMS A LATTICEWORK PATTERN
TRABECULAE
CALCITONIN DECREASES THE ACTIVITY OF CELLS THAT BREAK DOWN DETERIORATED BONE AND RELEASE MINERALS
OSTEOCLASTS
CELLS THAT BREAK DOWN DETERIORATED BONE REMOVE BONE FROM THE MEDULLARY CAVITY TO ENLARGE IT AS WE GROW.
OSTEOCLASTS
CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS ARE SYMPHYSIS AND FOUND IN THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS OF THIS PORTION OF THE SKELETON
VERTEBRAL COLUMN
JOINTS THAT ALLOW FLAT SURFACES TO GLIDE ACROSS ONE ANOTHER AS CONNECTING THE CLAVICLE TO THE SCAPULA
PLANE
COMPOUND THAT CONTAINS CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS IMPORTANT IN BONE REGENERATION, BONE HARDNESS AND BONE COMPRESSION
HYDROXYAPATITE
WHEN TOO MUCH CALCIUM IS DETECTED IN THE BLOOD, CALCIUM IS STORED THROUGHOUT THIS SYSTEM
SKELETAL
CALLUS
A JOINT THAT IS MORE COMPLEX AND ALLOW FOR A GREATER RANGE OF MOTION THAN FIBROUS OR CARTILAGINOUS
SYNOVIAL
JOINTS THAT ALLOW FOR ALL MOTION EXCEPT ROTATION AS IN THE THUMB/HAND ARTICULATION
SADDLE