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100

Found on the end of bones that come into contact with each other and acts as a shock absorber

Cartilage
100

The thick hard layer that is so durable that it can lasts for thousands of years if its preserved correctly

Compact bone

100

Fluid in each joint

Synovial fluid

100

A painful joint disease. Synovial fluid and cartilage is no longer present and bones have rubbed against one another causing new bone to grow.

Arthritis

100

Tailbone

Coccyx

100

What happens to bones as they get longer?

They also get wider

200

Osteo is a Greek word meaning...

Bone

200

This part of the bone produces red blood cells

Red bone marrow

200

Joints that do not move (example: the skull)

Sutures

200

A bone disease common in children in countries where food is scarce and there is a lack of vitamin D. It also prevents bones from forming properly and causes them to be weak and easily break.

Rickets

200

The one facial bone that moves

Mandible

200

Before modern casts, what was used to help a broken arm heal?

Wood wrapped in cloth or tree bark, or linen stiffened with egg whites, flour, starch, or wax

300

How bones are connected to one another. Made of tough collagen fibers.

Ligaments

300

A network of pores and tunnels interconnected in a pattern that makes the bone strong yet resilient

Spongy bone

300

What two girdles are a part of the skeleton? 

The pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle

300

What do bones need?

Exercise, calcium, protein to make collagen, vitamin D



300

The longest bone in the body

Femur

300

What is it called when new bone replaces old bone?

Remodeling

400

Hollowed out holes in the skull where mucus is produced

Sinuses

400

Known as fats (our bones store them in the yellow bone marrow)

Lipids

400

What kind of joint is in the elbows and knees?

Hinge joint

400

A bone disease where your bones become brittle and break easily. You are prone to developing this disease when you do not consume enough calcium.

Osteoporosis

400

What are the five categories of bones?

Long bones, short bones, flat bones, sesamoid bones, irregular bones

400

How does a bone heal itself?

500

An area of the bone where bones grow longer

Growth plate

500

The outer layer of bone is a thin tough membrane filled with nerves and blood vessels

Periosteum

500

What kind of joint is the wrist?

Saddle joint
500

What foods contain calcium?

Milk, yogurt, cheese, spinach, salmon (milk contains the most calcium)

500

Shoulder blade

Scapula

500

This type of bone is not round or thick

Flat bone

600

These cells eat away at the spongy layer on the inside of the bone

Osteoclasts

600

What is in between each vertebrae? 



A disc that is meant to absorb shock

600

What kind of joint is in the hips and shoulders?

Ball and socket joint

600

Why do astronauts need exercise in space?

If you don’t use your bones, they become weak and frail



600

Collar bone

Clavical

600

When a baby is born, the skull is in eight pieces. Your skull is no longer in eight individual pieces. Why?

The skull has been fused together with cartilage that has turned into bone.

700

These cells lay down new layers of bone, creating more bone

Osteoblasts

700

How many facial bones do we have? 



14

700

What kind of joint is the vertebrae?

Plane joint

700

What happens to our bones if we don't consume enough calcium?

The calcium our bones provide will be depleted, creating weak bones

700

What is the smallest bone in the body?

Three bones in the ear. The malleus, incus, and stapes

700

This type of bone does not fit into any other category

Irregular bone

800

When a person doesn’t get enough of the right kinds of nutrients

Malnutrition

800

How many bones is a baby born with?

About 300

800

What kind of joint connects the skull to vertebrae between C1 and C2 allowing to shake your head “no”?



Pivot joint

800

How can you naturally get vitamin D? 



Sunlight, food, drink. Your skin absorbs sunlight.

800

Skull

Cranium

800

The patella is an example of what type of bone?

Sesamoid bone

900

Why don’t your bones rub against one another at a joint?

Joint cartilage

900

How many bones does an adult have? 



About 206

900

This joint connects phalanges to metacarpals.

Ellipsoidal joint

900

This bone is has a different shape between men and women.

Pelvis

900

Each digit has three of these.

Phalanges

900

Does tarsal and metatarsal refer to hands or feet?

Feet.

Carpals and metacarpals are in the hands.