Name a long bone and a flat bone.
Long: femur, radius, ulna, tibia, etc.
Flat: skull, ribs, sternum, scapula, hip
fracture occurring typically in children in which one side of the bone is broken and the other is only bent
Greenstick fracture
sideways curve of spine
scoliosis
Attach bones to bones
Ligaments
Function of osteoblasts.
Build new bone.
Name a short bone and an irregular bone.
Short: Carpals, tarsals
Irregular: vertebrae, facial bones
a fracture that occurs when a long bone is broken by a twisting force
spiral fracture
Two effects of aging on the skeletal system that are visual to the naked eye.
Stooped posture and loss of teeth.
Name two bones belonging to the appendicular skelton.
Raius, ulna, tibia, femur, phalanges, etc.
The name of undifferentiated bone stem cells.
Osctoegenic cells.
The upper arm bone.
Humerus
an injury where a broken bone pierces the skin
compound fracture
birth defect where the spine and spinal cord don't form properly and portions may protrude externally
spina bifida
Name three differences between the male and female skelton.
Male Frontal bone is larger, mandible and eyebrow bone more promenent.
Female pelvic opening larger and more circular. Sciatic notch (area below pubic symphesis) is borader.
Male rib cage is longer and opening is broader.
Bone remodeling replaces __________ bone with _______ bone.
woven to lamellar.
The larger of the two lower leg bones. Located most medially.
Tibia
What is a break of the bone into more than one fragment?
Comminuted fracture
Condition in which bones become very brittle due to a lack of organic compounds like Vitamin C.
Scurvy
Type of bone found in the epiphysis of long bones.
Cancellous bone.
The circular "systems" found in compact bone.
Haversian systems or osteon.
The lateraly lower arm bone.
Radius
broken bone where the break is at a right angle to the long plane of the bone
transverse fracture
Osteoporosis
Type of ossification the produces the skull bones.
Intramembraneous ossification.
Name of the structure found in long bones where the newest bone material is added during interstitial growth.
Epiphyseal plate.
The most inferior portion of the vetebral column.
Coccyx
slanted fractures that occur when a force is applied at any angle other than a right angle to the bone
oblique fracture
softening of bones, most often caused by a vitamin D deficiency
Osteomalacia
The process of adding bone to increase thickness or diamter, when does it end?
Apposistional Growth continues throuhgout life.
The process of replacing cartilage with bone. It creates the majority of the bones in our body.
Endochondral ossfication.
Name the sections of the veterbral column in order from most superior to most inferior.
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx
a fracture where broken ends of the bone are jammed together by the force of the injury
impacted fracture
The 4 steps of the healing process that bones go through after an injury.
1. Hematoma formation
2. Callus formation
3. Callus Ossification
4. Bone Remodelling
The suture that divides the two parietal bones.
The sagittal suture.
Give an example of where a cartilagenous joint would be found.
Ribs to sternum, vertebrae.