Skeletal system Flashcards
1
Q
Epipysis
A
end of a long bone
2
Q
Articular Cartilage
A
hyaline cartilge that covers the end of bones in synovial joints
3
Q
diaphysis
A
shaft of a long bone
4
Q
compact bone
A
dense tissue in which has a few spaces
5
Q
spongy bone
A
less dense than compact bone
6
Q
medullary cavity
A
red bone marrow stored
7
Q
marrow
A
soft spongy tissue found in hallow spaces of interrior bones
8
Q
epiphysial plate
A
composed of hyaline cartiliage
9
Q
hematopieseis
A
production of all types of blood cells formation development
10
Q
red marrow
A
blood stem cells
11
Q
yellow marrow
A
fat found at ends of bones in adults
12
Q
foramen
A
opening, hole in a bone
13
Q
fossa
A
shallow depression
14
Q
trochanter
A
upper femur vertabres serving for attatchment of muscls
15
Q
fibrous joint
A
bound by a tough fibrous tissue strength stabalizing joined by cartilage movement
