osteology

Question 1

long bones

Answer 1

greater in length than width, femur, humerus

Question 2

short bones

Answer 2

length nearly equal to width, eg carpals and tarsals

Question 3

flats bones

Answer 3

flat, thin surfaces, may be slightly curved, eg cranial bones

Question 4

irregular bones

Answer 4

elaborate bones, sometimes complex shapes; vertebrae

Question 5

hematopoiesis

Answer 5

blood cell production

Question 6

osteoprogenitor

Answer 6

stem cells that mature to become osteoblast

Question 7

osteoblasts

Answer 7

immature bone cells that secrete osteoid

Question 8

osteocytes

Answer 8

mature bone cells that maintain the bone matrix

Question 9

osteoclasts

Answer 9

multinucleate cell that secretes acids and enzymes to dissolve bone matrix

Question 10

ossification

Answer 10

formation and development and bone

Question 11

osteon

Answer 11

basic functional and structural until of mature compact bone

Question 12

trabeculae

Answer 12

highly porous form of bone tissue that is organized into a network of interconnected rod and plates which surround pores that are filled with bone marrow

Question 13

condyle
(articulating surfaces)

Answer 13

large, smooth, rounded, oval structure

Question 14

facet (articulating surfaces)

Answer 14

small, flat, shallow surface

Question 15

head (articulating surfaces)

Answer 15

prominent rounded epiphysis

Question 16

trochlea (articulating surfaces)

Answer 16

smooth, grooved, pulleylike process

Question 17

alveous (depressions)

Answer 17

deep pit or socket in the maxillae or the mandible

Question 18

fossa (Depressions)

Answer 18

flattened or shallow depression

Question 19

sulcus (depression)

Answer 19

narrow grove

Question 20

Crest (projection)

Answer 20

narrow, prominent, ridgelike projection

Question 21

epicondyle (projection)

Answer 21

projection adjacent to a condyle

Question 22

line (projection)

Answer 22

low ridge

Question 23

process (projections)

Answer 23

any marked bony prominence

Question 24

ramus (projections)

Answer 24

angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure)

Question 25

spine (projections)

Answer 25

pointed, slender process

Question 26

trochanter (projections)

Answer 26

massive, rough projection found only on the femur

Question 27

tubercle (projections)

Answer 27

small round projections

Question 28

Tuberosity (projections)

Answer 28

large, rough projection

Question 29

Canal (Opening and Spaces)

Answer 29

passageway through a bone

Question 30

fissure (openings and spaces)

Answer 30

narrow. slitlike openings through a bone

Question 31

foramen (opening and spaces)

Answer 31

rounded passageway through a bone

Question 32

meatus (opening and spaces)

Answer 32

passageway through a bone

Question 33

sinus (openings and spaces)

Answer 33

cavity or hollow space in a bone