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Bones
Bone Review
Bones | Answer |
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Diaphysis | Part of bone formed from primary center of ossification; includes body or shaft |
Epiphysis | Part formed from 1 or more secondary centers of ossification. |
Endosteum | Membrane lining medullary cavities of long bones |
Bone marrow | Tissue occupying medullary cavities of long bones and spaces in spongy bone. |
Periosteum | Membrane covering bones, except joint surfaces. |
Compact bone | Dense, closely knit bone made up of haversian systems, located under perisoteum. |
Spongy bone | Porous loosely-knit bone. |
The appendicular skeleton has how many bones? | 126 |
The appendicular skeleton includes which bones? | Pelvic & shoulder girdle, lower & upper limbs |
The axial skeleton has how many bones? | 80 |
The axial skeleton includes what bones? | Skull, neck, thorax, and vertebral column. |
What are the functions of bones? | Support, Attachment for muscles, Movement, Protection, Blood Cell Production, and Mineral Storage |
What tissue is found in the medulla of long bones? | Bone marrow |
What type of cartilage separates the diaphysis and epiphysis? | Epiphyseal cartilage |
What is ossification? | Development and formation of bones. |
Describe long bones. | Consists of shaft and 2 articular extremities. |
Name some long bones. | Humerus, Radius, Metacarpals, Metatarsals, Tibia, Fibula |
Describe flat bones. | Consists of compact tissue in form of 2 plates enclosing cancellous tissue. |
Name some flat bones. | Frontal, Parietal, Ribs, Scapula |
Describe short bones. | Cancellous tissue with thin outer layer of compact tissue. |
Name some short bones. | Carpal, Tarsal, Lunate, Trapezium |
Describe irregular bones. | Peculiar shaped bones. |
Name some irregular bones. | Vertebrae, Sacrum, Facial bones, Ear bones, Maxilla, Mandible |
Describe sesamoid bones. | Small and oval; develop inside/beside tendons |
Name a sesamoid bone. | Patella (kneecap) |
Ala | Wing or sacrum or ilium |
Condyle | Rounded process at articular extremity |
Coracoid | Beaklike process |
Cornu | Horn |
Crest | Ridgelike process |
Epicondyle | Bony projection on or above a condyle |
Fovea | Small pit or depression |
Facet | Smooth articular surface process |
Malleolus | Club-shaped process. |
Horn | Hornlike process on a bone |
Head | Expanded end of a long bone |
Hamulus | Hook-shaped process |
Protuberance | Bony projection |
Protuberance | Bony projection |
Process | Definite or marked bony prominence |
Spine | Sharp process |
Spinous process | Sharp, slender process |
Styloid process | Another shrp, slender process |
Trochanter | Very large, elevated rounded process |
Tubercle | SMALL, rounded, elevated process |
Tuberosity | LARGE, rounded, elevated process |
Fossa | Pit |
Sinus | Recess, groove |
Sulcus | Furrow, Trench |
Groove | Shallow, linear depression |
Fissure | Cleft, Groove |
Foramen | Hole in a bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves |
Fibrous Joints (Types) | Gomphosis/Syndesmosis/Suture |
Fibrous Joints (Fact) | Strongest joints in body |
Fibrous Joints (Fact) | United by various fibrous, connective tissue |
Synovial Joints (Types) | Gliding, Hinge, Pivot, Ellipsoid, Saddle, and Ball & Socket |
Synovial Joints (Fact) | Most complex joints of body |
Synovial Joints (Fact) | Permit wide range of motion |
Cartilaginous Joints (Fact) | Do not have a joint cavity |
Cartilaginous Joints (Fact) | Virtually immovable |
Cartilaginous Joints (Fact) | United by hyaline or fibrocartilage |
Cartilaginous Joints (Types) | Symphysis and Synchondrosis |
In free-moving joint, bones ends are covered by: | Articular cartilage |
Osteoclast | Destructive bone cells |
Infancy | Growth, formation of bones |
Adulthood | No growth, formation, reabsorption balanced |
Old age | No growth, less formation, more reabsorption |
Diarthrodial (class of joint) | Freely movable joint |
Amphiarthrodial (class of joint) | Limited motion joint |
Synarthrodial (class of joint) | Immovable joint |
What fastens muscles to bones? | Tendons |
Immovable joints are classified as what? | Synarthrodial |
Freely movable joints are classifed as what? | Diarthrodial |
What fastens bone to bone? | Ligaments |
Landmark T7 | Inferior angle of scapulae |
Landmark T9, T10 | Xiphoid process |
Landmark L4, L5 | Level of superior aspect of crests of ilia |
List the 2 classes of joints | Functional and Structural |
List the 3 structural classes of joint | Cartilaginous, Fibrous, and Synovial |
Which bone classification is the trapezium | Short. |
Which structural class of articulations are cranial sutures? | Fibrous |
The scapula is classified as what type of bone? | Flat bone |
What is the name of the largest bone in the leg? | Femur |
Freely movable joints have bones, whose ends are covered by what? | Articular cartilage |
The level of the symphysis pubis can be located by palpating what? | Greater trochanters |
What tissue is found in the medulla of long bones? | Marrow (bone) |
Name the class of freely movable joints. | Diarthrodial |