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M6
Question | Answer |
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Movement of a body part away from the midline. | Abduction |
Movement of body part toward the midline | Adduction |
Cartilage. A thin layer or cartilage covering each epiphysis | Articular |
Moves the distal end of a bone in a circle | Circumduction |
The outer layer of bone that is hard and dense | Compact Bone |
An oval projection that fits into an elliptical socket | Condyle |
A sharp edge | Crest |
or shaft-A hollow tube made of hard, compact bone | Diaphysis |
A thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity | Endosteum |
Cartilage between the epiphyses and the diaphysis | Epiphyseal plate |
The end of the bone | Epiphysis |
Increasing the angle of a joint, as in straightening a bent elbow | Extention |
Reduces the angle of a join, as in bending the elbow | Flexion |
Areas where ossification is incomplete or known as "soft spots" | Fontanel |
The process of blood cell formation | Hematopoiesis |
The hollow area inside the diaphysis of a bone containing yellow bone marrow | Medullary cavity |
A large depression on the posterior surface of the humerus | Olecranon Fossa |
Bone reabsorbing cells | Osteoclasts |
Living bine cells | Osteocytes |
A bone-forming cell | Osteoblasts |
Astrong fibrous membrane covering a long bone everywhere except at joint surfaces | Periosteum |
Soft connective tissue inside the hard walls of some bones | Red Bone Marrow |
Spins one bone relative to another, as in rotating the head at the neck joint | Rotation |
Spaces or cavities within some of the cranial bones | Sinus |
The porous bone in the end of the long bone | Spongy bone |
An immovable joint | Suture |
Support the body's weight | Lower limbs and pelvis |