Question | Answer |
The yellow marrow is stored in what hollow area? | medullary cavity |
The human skeleton consists of 206 what? | bones |
What is the classification for bones that are longer than they are wide? | long bones |
A classification of bones that is characterized by their tendancy to appear in clusters are? | irregular bones |
What is the main shaftlike portion of abone called? | diaphysis |
What are joint surfaces covered with? | articular cartilage |
The conversion process of tissue and cartilage into bone is called what? | ossification |
Projections or outgrowths of bone that help to form joints are called what? | bone processes |
The knucklike projection at the end of a bone is known as what? | condyle |
The bone located at the base of the skull is the ________ bone. | occipital |
The bone that forms the front of the skull (the forehead) is called the _______ bone. | frontal |
The soft spaces in between unfused portions of a newborn's skull are called what? | fontanelles |
What are the two bones of the upper jaw called? | maxillary bones |
What is the moveable joint in between the mandibular bone and the temporal bone? | temporomandibular joint |
The cervical vertebre, thoracic vertebre, lumbar vertebre, sacrum, and coccyx all form what? | vertebral column |
THe strenum is an example of what classification of bone? | flat bone |
The bones of the fingers and toes are known as what? | phalanges |
The largest of the three hip bones is called what? | ilium |
The patella is also called what? | patella |
Specific features of individual bones are called what? | bone markings |
The normal formation of blood cells in the bone marrow is called what? | hematopoiesis |
The spaces between ribs are called what? | intercostal spaces |
Large cells that absorb or digest old bone tissue are known as what? | osteoclasts |
Immovable joints are also called what? | sutures |
True ribs are the first ____ pairs of ribs. | seven |
The small rounded process of a bone is known as what? | tubercle |
What does the suffix "-clast" mean? | to break |
What does the word element "cost" mean? | ribs |
What does the word element "ortho" mean? | straight |
Patients with osteoporosis are more susceptible to _____ because their bones are porous. | fractures |
The disease in which bones become soft due to a lack of calcium and phosphorus is called what? | osteomalacia |
Osteomyelitis is a _____ of the bone and bone marrow. | infection |
A malignant tumor of the bones common to young adults is known as what? | Ewing's sarcoma |
A disease in babies that is commonly known as clubfoot is also called what? | talipes |
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called what? | scoliosis |
A fracture that breaks throught the skin is called what? (also known as an open fracture) | compound fracture |
An incomplete fracture where the break does not extend through the entire bone is called what? | greenstick fracture |
A minor fracture in which the bone stays in erfect alignment is known as what? (also called a stress fracture) | hairline fracture |
Realigning a bone under direct observation during surgery is called what? | open reduction |
Aligning the bone fragments through manual manipulation without making an incision is known as what? | closed reduction |