Skeletal Vocab
the study of bone and its tissues.
What is Osteology?
True or False : The name for your cheekbone is the zygomatic bone
True
the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
What is the stratum corneum?
the gender that has a wider pelvic cavity
What is a female?
Bending your head back until it hurts is an example of
What is hyperextension?
A hemopoietic type of bone marrow that produces blood cells.
What is red bone marrow?
True or False : unusual lightness of skin color is called jaundice
False. What is pallor?
the most deep layer of the epidermis
What is stratum basale?
a protuberance above or on the condyle of a long bone
What is the Epicondyle?
the layer of the epidermis is absent from thin skin
what is the stratum lucidum?
A fatty bone marrow that is not hemopoietic.
What is yellow bone marrow?
True or False : The pectoral girdle is made up of the clavicle and scapula
True
the two layers of the dermis?
What are :
Papillary Layer - thin upper
Reticular Layer - thick lower
the proper name for the kneecap?
What is the patella?
The shoulder is what type of joint?
Bone forming cells that create the matrix and mineralize the bone.
What are osteoblasts?
True or False : Kyphosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine
True, an abnormally rounded upper back.
the three layers of the skin?
What are the Dermis, Epidermis, and Hypodermis
the bones make up the pelvic girdle?
A hole in the bone that serves as a passage for blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments.
What is a foramen?
former osteoblasts that maintain the bone matrix?
What are osteocytes?
True or False: The sudoriferous glands produce oil.
False, what is secreting sweat?
hypodermis made of what?
how many vertebrae are in the cervical thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine
What are
cervical - 7
thoracic - 12
lumbar - 5
On the basis of structural classification, what is a fibrous joint?
What is syndesmosis?