Bones & Markings
What is the frontal bone?
Type of joint at knee and elbow
What is a hinge joint?
What is the diaphysis?
Name for bone formation
What is ossification?
What is a transverse fracture?
Set of fused vertebrae medial to pelvic bones
Category of all fully moveable joints that contain fluid
What are synovial joints?
Protects bones from friction
What is articular cartilage/synovial fluid?
Cells that build bone tissue
What are osteoblasts?
Fracture where bones are out of alignment
What is a displaced fracture?
Hole that spinal cord goes through at inferior part of cranium
What is the foramen magnum?
Type of joint found in carpals
What is a plane/gliding joint?
What is the medullary cavity?
Bone formation that occurs in skull
What is intramembranous ossification?
First step of bone repair
Hematoma formation
Cheek bone
What is the zygomatic bone?
Name for partially moveable joints; functional classification
What are amphiarthrosis joint?
Name for spongy bone neworks
What are trabeculae?
What are osteocytes?
Fracture caused by aggressive twisting in sports; can be sign of child abuse
What is a spiral fracture?
Bone marking where head of femur meets pelvis
What is the acetabulum?
Connective tissue on knee that events our surface differences between the tibia and femur
What are the menisci?
Circles of concentric osteocytes within an osteon (name for the layers)
What are the lamallae?
Type of tissue that embryonic skeleton is made of
What is hyaline cartilage?
Resist compression forces in bone
What are mineral salts?