Bones
The longest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
A disease that causes your bones to have tiny holes in them making them weak.
What is osteoporosis?
This mineral is stored in your bones and helps your heart beat and your brain think.
What is calcium?
Phalanges
What is the medical term for finger and toe bones?
The kind of marrow where lipids are stored.
What is yellow?
The smallest bone in the body.
What is the stapes?
A bone disease most often developed by people who were malnourished in childhood.
What is rickets?
The main vitamin your bones need to avoid developing the disease called rickets.
What is Vitamin D?
The curved part of your foot that slips out of loose shoes.
What is the calcaneus?
In this bone marrow, red blood cells are made.
What is red bone marrow?
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A condition characterized by lack of foo and nutrients that leads to bone weakness and other health problems.
What is malnutrition?
What scientists call it when the body breaks down old bone and rebuilds new bone.
These are often called "angel bones" because they are shaped like small wings on your upper back.
What are the scapula bones?
Periosteum, compact bone, spongy bone, and bone marrow.
What are the four layers of bone?
A multi-bone, curved structure that protects the heart and lungs.
What is the rib cage?
A fracture.
What is the medical term for a broken bone?
What are osteoclasts?
The cap on one of your hinge joints that can be wiggled but will be very painful if it's knocked out of place.
What is the patella?
The tissues that connect one bone to another.
What are ligaments?
The bone protecting the brain, commonly called the skull.
What is the cranium?
A bulge that occurs in a broken bone while it is healing.
What is a callus?
Fluid that allows joints to move easily.
What is synovial fluid?
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What is the number of vertebrae in your spine?
The tough fiber that makes up part of the bone.
What is collagen?