Question | Answer |
division of the skeleton that includes the head, spinal column and the ribs | axial |
word for the red blood cell making ability some bones have | hematopiesis |
division of the skeleton that includes the pelvic and pectoral girdles and the limbs attached to them | appendicular |
process of making bone | ossification |
bone making cells | osteoblasts |
type of bone typically found in the diaphyses of long bones | compact |
bone destroying cells | osteoclasts |
type of bone typically found in the epiphyses of long bones, its usually covered with a more solid type of bone | spongy |
cartilage that covers the ends of bones that reduce friction and wear on the bones | articular |
the femur is an example of one | long bone |
region of the bone found in individuals that are still growing, site of active manufacture of hyaline cartilage | epiphyseal plate |
central open space found in the middle of the long bones, contains red marrow in youths but yellow marrow in adults | medullary cavity |
structures that attach the periosteum to the bone beneath | sharpey's fibers |
lining of the medullary cavity | endosteum |
region in adult bone where hyaline cartilage used to be made to allow the bone to grow, in adults the hyaline cartilage is replaced by osseous tissue | epiphyseal line |
little well like structures that osteocytes sit in | lacunae |
made up of a central canal and the associated concentric rings of ostecytes that surround it, named for the scientist who discovered it | Haversian system |
concentric rings of osteocytes and their associated canals that radiate out from the main central canal | lamellae |
large hole in a bone | foramen |
ends of long bones | epiphysis |
armlike bar of bone | ramus |
tubelike passageway in a bone | meatus |
the shaft of the bone | diaphysis |
outer covering of bone | periosteum |
rounded process that articulates with another bone | condyle |