Identify that bone!
This bone forms the lower jaw.
What is the mandible?
Bones can act as a storage vessel, especially of this mineral that "does a body good".
What is calcium?
Joints are also known by this longer word.
What is an articulation?
This type of fracture most commonly results from sports injuries.
What is spiral fractures?
These structures hold bone to other bones.
What are ligaments?
Due to the pull of muscles and supporting body weight, this is the largest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
This is the primary function of yellow marrow?
What is stores fat?
Which type of joint of known for containing a cushioning fluid?
What are synovial joints?
This condition results when tendons or ligaments are stretched too far.
What is a sprain?
This is the "case" for your brain.
What is the cranium?
There are 14 of these tiny bones in each hand and foot.
What are phalanges?
These structures hold bone to muscle.
What are tendons?
This type of joint typical of the shoulders and hips allows a large degree of motion?
What are ball-and-socket joints?
Add the suffix meaning "inflammation" to the term for the hollow spaces within facial bones to get a medical condition that often results in a swollen, tender face.
What is sinusitis?
This term is the process of returning bone to it proper position after a dislocation or fracture.
What is reduction?
This bone serves as the movable base of the tongue.
What is the hyoid?
These tiny cracks in bone tissue allow for blood to reach every single bone cell.
What are canaliculi?
These immovable joints are only found in the cranium?
What are sutures?
The patella is a great example of this type of bone that rests on tendon instead of forming a joint with other bone.
What is sesamoid?
Use your "mental" abilities to come up with this term for a round or oval opening through a bone.
What is a foramen?
The pelvis is actually made of 3 fused bones, including this "sit-down" bone.
What is the ischium?
Speak up! When sinuses are infected, you voice loses its characteristic loudness, which is also known by this term.
What is resonance?
This type of joint, also known as an ellipsoid joint, is found at the knuckles?
What is the condyloid joint?
Your abilities to lift your head up and stand up are owed to the development of these.
What are secondary curvatures of the spine?
This process of blood cell formation mostly takes place in the pelvis in adults.
What is hematopoiesis?