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HUMAN BIO: Skeletal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adult humans have how many bones? | 206 |
| osteoblasts | produce bone cells, also build new bone |
| osteosite | maintain bone tissue |
| osteoclats | dissolve bone tissue (resorption) |
| synarthrotie joints | immoveable joints, called structures |
| diarthrotic joints | freely moveable joint, have synovial fluid |
| amphiarthortic joints | slightly moveable joint, vertebrae |
| ball and socket | shoulder/hip |
| hinge | elbow/knee |
| pivot | lower arm |
| saddle | thumb |
| frontals | soft spots of infants skull |
| foramen | large opening through bottom of skull where spinal cord enters |
| disease-rickets | caused by a vitamen D defiecience, causes weak, brittle bones that fracture easily with bone and muscle pain |