Bone Anatomy
Strongest bone in the body
What is the femur?
Main mineral found in bones
What is calcium?
Type of joint found at hip and shoulders
What is ball-and-socket?
Embryonic skeletons are made out of this
What is cartilage?
What are the sacrum and coccyx?
Name for fourteen bones in each hand and foot
What are the phalanges?
Type of bone found in epiphysis
What is spongy bone?
Type of joint found at knee and elbow
What is hinge?
Type of fracture that occurs at a slant
What is an oblique fracture?
Joint found in the wrist bones
What is a glide/plane joint?
Collarbone
What is the clavicle?
Name for concentric circular structure in compact bone
What is an osteon?
What are synarthrosis joints?
First step of bone repair
Vitamin needed for bone growth that is synthesized in skin
What is Vitamin D?
Number of thoracic vertebrae
How many is twelve?
Resist stretching forces in bone
What are collagen fibers?
Type of joint inflammation that is an autoimmune disease
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Third step of bone repair
What is bony callus/spongy bone formation?
Type of joint that is partially moveable
What is an amphiarthrosis joint?
Heel bone
Name for networks of spongy bone
What are trabeculae?
Fibrous joint located at the superior end of the body
What is a skull suture?
Formal name for bone formation that comes from cartilage
What is endochondral ossification?
Cartilaginous joint located in epiphysis of bone
What is the growth plate?