vocab

Question 1

acetabul-

Answer 1

vinegar cup

Question 2

acetabulum

Answer 2

depression of the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur

Question 3

ax

Answer 3

axis

Question 4

axial system

Answer 4

bones of the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum

Question 5

blast

Answer 5

bud

Question 6

osteoblast

Answer 6

cell that will form bone tissue

Question 7

carp

Answer 7

wrist

Question 8

carpals

Answer 8

wrist bones

Question 9

clast

Answer 9

break

Question 10

osteoclast

Answer 10

cell that breaks down bone tissue

Question 11

condyl

Answer 11

knob

Question 12

condyle

Answer 12

rounded, bony process

Question 13

corac

Answer 13

a crows beak

Question 14

coracoid process

Answer 14

beaklike process of the scapula

Question 15

cribr

Answer 15

sieve

Question 16

cribriform plate

Answer 16

portion of the ethmoid bone with many small openings

Question 17

crist

Answer 17

crest

Question 18

crista galli

Answer 18

bony ridge that projects upward into the cranial cavity

Question 19

fov

Answer 19

pit

Question 20

fovea capitis

Answer 20

pit in the head of a femur

Question 21

glen

Answer 21

joint socket

Question 22

glenoid cavity

Answer 22

depression in the scapula that articulates with the head or a humerus

Question 23

inter

Answer 23

among, between

Question 24

intervertebral disc

Answer 24

structure between vertebrae

Question 25

intra

Answer 25

inside

Question 26

intramembranous bone

Answer 26

bone that forms within sheetlike masses of connective tissue

Question 27

meat

Answer 27

passage

Question 28

externam accustic meatus

Answer 28

canal of the temporal bone that leads inward to parts of the year

Question 29

odont

Answer 29

tooth

Question 30

odontoid process

Answer 30

toothlike process of the second cervical vertebra

Question 31

poie

Answer 31

make, produce

Question 32

hemtopoiesis

Answer 32

process that forms blood cells

Question 33

long bones

Answer 33

have long longitudinal axes and expanded ends

Question 34

short bones

Answer 34

have roughly equal lengths and widths

Question 35

flat bones

Answer 35

are platelike structures with broad surfaces

Question 36

irregular

Answer 36

have a variety of shapes, most are connected to several other bones

Question 37

epiphysis

Answer 37

either end of a long bone

Question 38

articular cartilage

Answer 38

hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

Question 39

diaphysis

Answer 39

shaft of a long bone

Question 40

periosteum

Answer 40

dense connective tissue covering the surface of a bone

Question 41

compact bone

Answer 41

dense bone tissue in which cells are organized in osteons without apparent spaces

Question 42

spongy bone

Answer 42

bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces

Question 43

trabeculae

Answer 43

branching bony plate that separates irregular spaces within the spongy bones

Question 44

medullary cavity

Answer 44

cavity containing red or yellow marrow within the diaphysis of a long bone

Question 45

endosteum

Answer 45

tissue lining the medullary cavity in a boe

Question 46

marrow

Answer 46

soft connective tissue

Question 47

lamelloe

Answer 47

layer of matrix surrounding the central canal of an osteon

Question 48

canaliculus

Answer 48

microscopic canal that connects lacunae of bone tissue

Question 49

ossification

Answer 49

formation of bone tissue

Question 50

intramembranous bone

Answer 50

bone that forms from membrane-like layers of primative connective tissue

Question 51

osteoblast

Answer 51

bone-forming cell

Question 52

osteocyte

Answer 52

mature bone cell

Question 53

endochondral bone

Answer 53

bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is subsequently replaces by bone tissue

Question 54

fontanels

Answer 54

membranous region between certain developing cranial bones in the skull of a fetus or infant

Question 55

vertebrae

Answer 55

pertaining to the bones of a spinal column

Question 56

intervertebral bones

Answer 56

fibrocartilage structure between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae

Question 57

axis

Answer 57

bears a toothlike dens on its body

Question 58

ilium

Answer 58

longest and uppermost portion of the hip bone

Question 59

ischium

Answer 59

lowest portion of hip bone

Question 60

pubis

Answer 60

anterior portion of the hip bone

Question 61

joints

Answer 61

functional junctions between bones

Question 62

fibrous joints

Answer 62

between bones that closely contact one another and are held together by a thin layer of dense connective tissue.

Question 63

cartilaginous joints

Answer 63

two or more bones joined by cartilage

Question 64

synovial joints

Answer 64

allow free movement

Question 65

meniscus

Answer 65

fibrocartilage that separates the articulating surfaces of bones in the knee

Question 66

bursae

Answer 66

saclike, fluid-filled cushioning structure, lined with synovial membrane, near a joint