Types of Bones
THE HUMERUS AND FEMUR ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT TYPE OF BONE
LONG BONES
THIS REFERS TO THE LONG CYLINDRICAL SHAFT OF THE BONE
Diaphysis
WHICH TYPE OF SYNOVIAL JOINT OFFERS THE GREATEST RANGE OF MOTION
BALL AND SOCKET JOINT
THE KNEE JOINT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION
DIARTHROSES
WHICH TYPE OF BONE MARROW CONTAINS MAINLY FAT CELLS?
YELLOW BONE MARROW
WHAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION FOR BONES THAT DO NOT FIT IN ANY OTHER CATEGORY?
IRREGULAR BONE
THIS FIBROUS, DENSE TISSUE SURROUNDS THE DIAPHYSIS
PERIOSTEUM
WHAT TERM REFERS TO FIBROCARTILAGE PADS FOUND IN SELECT JOINTS
MENISCI
WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE WHERE BONES COME TOGETHER
ARTICULATION
WHAT SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUAL AND FUSED BONES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED LIGAMENTS AND CARTILAGE?
SKELETAL SYSTEM
WHAT TYPE OF BONE IS SMALL AND CUBED SHAPED?
SHORT BONE
THIS REFERS TO THE TWO ENDS OF A LONG BONE
EPIPHYSIS
WHICH TYPE OF SYNOVIAL JOINT IS LIMITED TO ROTATION?
PIVOT JOINTS
WHAT TERM REFERS TO THE MOST COMMON AND MOVABLE TYPE OF JOINT IN THE BODY
SYNOVIAL JOINT
WHAT TYPE OF BONE TISSUE FORMS THE HARD OUTER SHELL OF ALL BONES?
COMPACT BONE
WHICH BONES ARE SMALL, ROUND BONES THAT EMBED IN CERTAIN TENDONS?
SESAMOID BONES
THIS COVERS THE ARTICULATING SURFACES OF BONE.
HYALINE CARTILAGE
THE INTERCARPAL JOINTS ARE EXAMPLES OF WHICH TYPE OF SYNOVIAL JOINT
GLIDING JOINT
WHAT TERM REFERS TO THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLIGHTLY MOVABLE JOINTS?
AMPHIARTHROSES
WHAT TERM REFERS TO BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION, WHICH OCCURS IN THE RED MARROW OF CERTAIN BONES?
HEMOPOEISIS
WHICH TYPE OF BONE SERVES AS A PROTECTION FOR UNDERLYING ORGANS?
FLAT BONES
THIS IS THE HOLLOW SPACE WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE DIAPHYSIS
MEDULLARY CAVITY
WHICH JOINT ALLOWS THE MOVEMENTS OF FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, ADDUCTION, OPPOSITION, REPOSITION, AND CIRCUMDUCTION
SADDLE JOINT
WHAT TERM REFERS TO THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF EXTREMELY LIMITED JOINTS?
SYNARTHROSES
WHAT TERM REFERS TO BONE FORMING CELLS?
OSTEOBLASTS