Question | Answer |
diaphysis | The shaft, or middle section, of a long bone. |
Ligaments | Fiberous tissue that conncts bone to bone. |
appendicular skeleton | The bones that form the limbs or extremities of the body. |
foramina | A passage or opening; a hole in a bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass. |
endosteum | Membrane lining the medullary canal of a bone. |
red marrow | Soft tissue in the epiphyses of long bones. |
sutures | Surgical stitch used to join the edges of an incision of wound; also, an area where bones join or fuse together. |
sinuses | Cavity or air space in a bone. |
fontanels | Soft spots in the cranium at birth. |
epiphysis | The end or head at the extremity of a long bone. |
joints | An articulation, or area where two bones meet or join. |
medullary canal | Inner, or central, portion of a long bone. |
periosteum | Fibrous membrane that covers the bones except at joint areas. |
axial skeleton | The bones of the skull, rib cage, and spinal column; the bones that form the trunk of the body. |
yellow marrow | Soft tissue in the diaphyses of long bones. |