Bone Tissue
The functional unit of compact bone
What is an osteon?
The bone containing the auditory meatus, mastoid process and styloid process, where you first show your old age
What is the temporal bone?
The strongest bone in the body
What is the femur?
What is a hinge joint?
When a bone beaks and punctures skin
What is a compound or open fracture?
Cells that break down bone tissue
What are osteoclasts?
The bone where beauty gurus apply blush and highlighter
What is the Zygomatic bone?
This bone makes up the medial portion of the lower leg
What is the tibia?
What is a synarthrosis?
This incomplete fracture is common in young children
What is a greenstick fracture?
The membrane that covers the external surface of a bone
What is the periosteum
You have 3 pairs of these bones that articulate indirectly with the sternum
What are False Ribs?
The heel bone
What is the calcaneus?
This type of joint allows you to shake your head no
What is a pivot joint?
When one end of a bone is forced into the other
What is an impacted fracture?
Give an example of a short bone
What are... carpal bones, tarsal bones
What is the Ethmoid bone?
The three bones that make up the hip girdle
What are the illium, ischium and pubic bone?
When you pull your toes upward toward the tibia
What is dorsiflexion?
The first step of bone repair is the formation of this type of blood clot
What is a hematoma?
The shaft, or central part of a long bone
What is the Diaphysis?
Name the five regions of the spine from caudal to cranial
What is coccyx, sacral, lumbar, thoracic, cervical?
Landmarks of this bone include the glenoid cavity, supraspinous fossa and acromion
What is the scapula?
The two main joint movements you would use for a jumping jack
What are abduction and adduction?
This type of fracture causes bones to shatter into many fragments
What is a comminuted fracture?