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Periosteum

Layer containing the external surface of a bone, a dense connective tissue

Trabeculae

Small struts in bone

Hemopoiesis/ hemetopoiesis

Process of blood cell formation

Spongy (cancellous) bone

Makes up epiphyses, formed by networks of trabeculae

Epiphysis

Expanded end of bone covered by articular cartilage

Endosteum

Lines spaces, cavities

Medullary cavity

Hollow chamber in diaphysis; contains marrow

Diaphysis

Bone shaft

Compact bone

Wall of diaphysis; composed of osteons

Bone matrix

Contains calcium and collagen fibers

Canaliculus

Small tunnel in bone for osteocyte process

Lacunae

Chambers/spaces that contain osteocytes

Lamellae

Layers of matrix around a central canal

Interstitial lamellae

Fill in spaces between osteons

Circumferential lamellae

Go all the way around the bone

Organic/ protein portion

The component of bone matrix that is changed by heat: collagen

Coronal suture

Joint between the frontal and parietal bones

Squamous suture

Joint between the temporal and parietal bones

Perpendicular plate

The top half of the nasal septum

Lambdoid suture

Joint between the occipital and parietal bones

Temporal bone

Bone that surrounds the ear

Mandibular condyle

Rounded surface involved in temperomandibular joint

Coronoid process (skull)

Process for attachment of chewing muscles

Palantine process (skull)

Anterior portion of hard palate

Mandibular fossa

Depression for the condyle of the temperomandibular joint

Occipital condyle

Rounded area for articulation with the atlas

Cribriform plate

Horizontally thin section of a bone at the roof of the nasal cavity; below the crista galli

Sphenoid bone

Bat or owl shaped bone that makes up the floor of the middle cranial fossa

Lacrimal bone

Bone that surrounds the tear drainage duct

Vertebral arch

"Sides" of the vertebra, formed by fusion of the pedicle and lamina

Pedicle

Anterior portion of vertebral arch between body & transverse process

Lamina

Posterior portion of vertebral arch between spinous & transverse processes

Glenoid cavity

Located on the scapula

Olecranon process

Located on the ulna

Styloid process locations

Found on both the ulna and radius

Scaphoid

One of the carpal bones

Lateral malleolus

Located on fibula

Coronoid fossa location

Found on hunerous

Medial malleolus

Located on tibia

Primary curvatures

Thoracic, sacral

Intramembranous bones

Develop from thin layers of connective tissue

Endrochondral bone

Form from hyaline cartilage

Substances stored in bone

Calcium and phosphorus

Pectoral girdle

Clavicle and scapula

Fibrous joints

Held together by dense connective tissue, may ossify: syndesmosis, suture, gomphosis (no movement)

Syndesmosis

Bound together by sheet of dense connective tissue, amphiarthrotic

Synarthrotic

Immovable

Cartilaginous joints

Connected by hyaline cartilage: synchondrosis, symphysis

Cartilaginous joints

Connected by hyaline cartilage: synchondrosis, symphysis (slight movement)

Synovial joints

Most joints, diarthrotic (freely movable): ball-and-socket, condylar, plane, hinge, pivot, saddle

Articular cartilage

Covers end of each bone

Menisci

Attached to joint capsule, cushion articulating surfaces & help distribute body weight

Condylar joint

Oval fits into oval cavity, 2 planes of movement: between metacarpals and phalanges

Plane/Gliding joint

Nonaxial movement, two flat surfaces: wrist and ankle joints, ribs to sternum, between femur & patella, sacroiliac joint

Hinge joint

Convex into concave, 1 plane of movement: elbow, phalanges, knee

Knee joint articulations

Femur & patella, tibia & femur

Flexion

Decreases angle, closer to body

Dorsiflexion

Ankle toward the shin

Supination

Palms facing up

Pronation

Palms facing down

Protraction

Head pushed forward

Retraction

Head pushed backward

Elevation

Looking up

Depression

Looking down

Fontanels

Allow the fetal skull to change shape during birth