Bones......
This protects the spinal cord
What is the vertebrae?
Small canals that connect osteocytes in their lacunae to the central canal
What are cacaliculi
cube shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone
What are short bones
First step in bone healing involves the formation of a blood filled swelling called
What is hematoma
Process of bone formation
what is Ossification
This hormone is responsible for raising blood calcium levels when they drop below homeostatic levels
What is parathyroid hormone (PTH)
An incomplete bone break seen in childhood
What is greenstick
The skull, vertebral column, and thoracic form
what is the axial skeleton
The large hole located at the base of the occipital bone that allows the spinal cord and brain to connect
what is foramen magnum
The temporal bones are joined with the parietal bones at what suture
what is squamous
The head of the humerus fits into this part of the scapula
what is the glenoid cavity
Two or more bones meet at a location called
what is an articulation (joint)?
Immovable joints are functionally classified as
what is synarthroses
The femur, tibia, humerus and radius are
what are long bones
This type of tissue covers the epiphyses of bones and reduces friction in joints
what is articular cartilage
the function of yellow bone marrow in adults
what is storing adipose tissue
These cells add bone matrix to the outside of the diaphysis
what are osteoblasts
The presence of an epiphyseal plate indicates that
what is bone length increasing
Collagen provides this component to bone
what is flexibility
what is epiphyseal plates
Bone growth in width that occurs due to weight lifting at age 40 is due to
What is appositional growth
When the bone oenetrates through the skin
what is a compound fracture or open fracture
Bone being broken into many fragments
What is a comminuted fracture
most common fracture in children
what is a greenstick fracture
Fracture common in osteoporotic bones
What is a compression fracture