What's Webster Say? (vocab)
What is the process of bone formation?
Ossification
The largest bone in the body?
Femur
Yellow bone marrow is present in the medullary cavity of bones to help with what process?
Blood cell production
If the periosteum is made of hard, dense solid bone, but type of material makes the inner layer of the bone?
Spongy material
What type of joint is responsible for the movement of your lower forearm bones, radius and ulna?
Pivot Joint
What are the mature bone cells scientifically known as?
Osteocytes
The spiny processes that build your vertebral column (spine)?
Vetebrae
Your bone scaffolding helps to offer your body _________ this to maintain its frame?
Support
Where is bone marrow stored?
Medullary Cavity
A membrane from the integumentary system that exists int he skeletal system?
Synovial Membrane
What is the process for bone rebuilding after injury?
Remodeling
Which bone protects the brain?
Cranium
Your bones serve to _________ vital organs, as seen with the thoracic cage guarding the heart and lungs?
Protect
The end of long bones is called
epiphysis
Which mineral is essential for bone health? Most commonly associated with a milk mustache?
Calcium
What cell types build bone?
Osteoblasts
Which bone fits into a ball and socket joint at the shoulder girdle and extends to the area of the funny bone?
Humerous
This material covers the long end of bones and helps provide cushion between bones?
How many bones in the adult human body?
206
What cell types break old bone down?
Osteoclasts
We drive a car with our hands, also known as _________ and we tap our toes with our feet, also known as _____________.
MetaCARpals and metatarsals
Our skeletal system helps to ________ important minerals.
store
What are the five shape categories of bone?
Short, Flat, Irregular, Long, Sesamoid
What is the name for the jaw bone?
Mandible