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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amphiarthroses | slightly movable joint such as the joint joining the two public bones |
| appendicular skeleton | the bones of the upper and lower extremities of the body |
| articular cartilage | cartilge covering the joint ends of bones |
| articulation | joint |
| axial skeleton | the bones of the head, neck, and torso |
| canaliculi | an extremely narrow tubular passage or channel in compact |
| chondrocyte | cartilage cell |
| compact bone | dense bone |
| diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
| diathroses | freely movable joint |
| epiphyses | ends of a long bone |
| fontenals | "soft spots" on teh infants head; unossofied areas in the infant skull |
| hemopoiesis | blood cell formation |
| lacunae | little spaces in the hard layers of the lamela |
| lamella | thin layer, as of bone |
| medullary cavity | hollow are inside the diaphyses of the bone that contains yellow bone marrow |
| osteoblasts | bone forming cell |
| osteoclast | bone absorbing cell |
| osteocyte | bone cell |
| osteons | hard shell of the bone |
| pectoral girdle | shoulder girdle; the scapula and clavicle |
| pelvic girdle | connects the legs to the trunk |
| periosteum | tough, connective tissue covering the bone |
| red bone marrow | soft, connective, tissue inside the hard walls of some bones |
| sinus | a space or cavity inside some of the cranial bones |
| synarthrosis | a joint in wich fiborous connective tissue joins bones and holds them together tightly; commonly called sutures |
| synovial membrane | connective tissue membrane linning the spaces between bones and joints that secretes synovial fluid |
| thorax | chest |
| trabecule | needlelike threads of stretchy bones |
| yellow bone marrow | an inaotive, fatty form of marrow found in adult skeletons |