Chapter 2 Skeletal System

Question 1

Compact bone

Answer 1

Outer hard part of all bones

Question 2

Cancellous bone

Answer 2

Spongy inside portion of bones

Question 3

Diaphysis

Answer 3

Main shaft of bone

Question 4

Medullary canal

Answer 4

Hollow and contains marrow

Question 5

Endosteum

Answer 5

Membrane that goes around medullary canal

Question 6

Osteoclasts

Answer 6

What is inside the endosteum. Responsible for a process of breaking down old bone and replacing with new bone

Question 7

Metaphysis

Answer 7

Transition from the end of each diaphysis to epiphysis

Question 8

Pressure epiphyses

Answer 8

Where the pressure of other bones lay upon

Question 9

Traction epiphyses

Answer 9

Location where tendons attach to bones and cause pulling, traction or force

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

Cover all of the bone contains nerves as well as blood vessels. Has lots of pain receptors

Question 11

Long bones

Answer 11

Length is greater than width

Question 12

Examples of long bones

Answer 12

Fibula, tibia, clavicle, humerus , radius, ulna, phalanges

Question 13

Short bones

Answer 13

Equal in dimensions like height, length and width. Usually cubed shape

Question 14

Examples of short bones

Answer 14

Tarsals and carpals

Question 15

Flat bones

Answer 15

Tend to be curved and not flat

Question 16

Examples of flat bones

Answer 16

Cranial bones like parietal, occipital, frontal, temporal and scapula

Question 17

Irregular bones

Answer 17

Have variety of mixed shapes don’t fit into other categories

Question 18

Examples of irregular bones

Answer 18

Vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx

Question 19

Sesamoid bones and example

Answer 19

Small bones located where tendons cross the end of long bones. Ex. Patella

Question 20

Osteoporosis

Answer 20

Loss of normal bone density or bone mass

Question 21

Osteomyelitis

Answer 21

Infection of the bone caused by bacteria. Open fracture is more concerning then closed fracture for these infections