Composition and shape of bones
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat bones | bones with flat surfaces
🗑
|
||||
| Irregular bones | bones with irregular shapes (verebrae)
🗑
|
||||
| Long bones | bones with long shafts (femur)
🗑
|
||||
| Sesamoid bones | bones that resemble a sesame seed (patella)
🗑
|
||||
| Short bones | bones that are relatively short (carpals or tarsals)
🗑
|
||||
| neck (of a bone) | the part near the head. epiphysis
🗑
|
||||
| plate (of a bone) | growth plate where bone growth occurs. metaphysis
🗑
|
||||
| shaft (of a bone) | long, slender part of the bone. diaphysis
🗑
|
||||
| articulation | connection between bones, joint
🗑
|
||||
| joint | place where bones join
🗑
|
||||
| insertion | point of attachment of a muscle to the bone it moves
🗑
|
||||
| origin | a point of attachment of a muscle to a bone that acts as the lever for a specific muscle
🗑
|
||||
| compact bone (location) | hard external bone
🗑
|
||||
| cancellous or spongy bone (location) | internal ring
🗑
|
||||
| medullary canal (location/what it does) | center of bone that contains the bone marrow (which produces blood cells)
🗑
|
||||
| osteoblasts | cells that form bone
🗑
|
||||
| osteroclasts | cells that break down bone
🗑
|
||||
| osteocytes | bone cells
🗑
|
||||
| hyaline cartilage | elastic cushiony and slippery. makes the articular surfaces at the joints
🗑
|
||||
| white fibro cartilage | elastic, flexible, and tough. found in joints such as the knee
🗑
|
||||
| ligaments | located at moveable joints. bones are held together by ligaments
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
FMHSAHS102
Popular Medical sets