Chapter 5-Quest 1 Flashcards
Cube-shaped
Short (carpals, tarsals)
Longer than wide
Long bone (femur, humerus)
Thin and flattened
Flat (skull, sternum)
Odd-shaped
Irregular (vertebra, scapular)
Near joints
Sesamoid (patella)
Shaft, compact bone
Diaphysis
Composes walls of diaphysis, dense and hard
Compact bone
Membrane that lines the diaphysis
Periosteum
Ends of bone made of spongy bone
Epiphyses
Open space, needle-like pieces
Spongy bone
Hyaline cartilage that lines epiphyses and absorbs shock
Articular cartilage
Growth plate
Epiphyseal plate
Remnant of growth plate
Epiphyseal line
Hollow region of diaphysis filled with red or yellow marrow
Medullary cavity
Fat in adults (type of marrow)
Yellow marrow
Blood cell formation in kids (type of marrow)
Red marrow
Mature bone cell
Osteocyte
Cavities in matrix where bone cells are found
Lacunae
Lacunae arranged in concentric circles
Lamellae
“Tiny canals” connect osteocytes to central canal
Canaliculi
(Haversian), opening for vessels/nerves
Central canal
Central canal, matrix rings, lamella, lacunae, osteocytes
Osteon
Perpendicular to shaft–communication to outside of bone
Volkmann’s canals
Bone-forming cells
Osteoblasts