Bms 11500 I

Front 1

Short bone

Back 1

cube shaped bone
(carpal & small tarsal bones)

Front 2

flat bone

Back 2

2 plates of compact bones, seperated by cancellous bone.

Front 3

Irregular bone

Back 3

a complex and irregularly-shaped bone.
(vertebrae & certain facial bones)

Front 4

Sesamoid

Back 4

small bone embedded in a tendon: resembling a sesame seed.

Front 5

Long bone

Back 5

a bone longer than wide, consisting of a diaphysis (body) & 2 epiphyses (extremities) with their articular cartilage.

Front 6

Diaphysis

Back 6

the long shaft of a long bone

Front 7

Epiphysis

Back 7

the 2 enlarged ends of a long bone

Front 8

Metaphysis

Back 8

the joining point of the diaphysis and the epiphysis in a growing bone.

Front 9

Periosteum

Back 9

the fibrous covering aroun the bone that is not covered by articular cartilage.

Front 10

Articular surface

Back 10

the smooth layer of hyaline cartilage covering the epiphysis where one bone forms a joint with another bone.

Front 11

Medullary cavity

Back 11

the space in the diaphysis containing the marrow

Front 12

Endosteum

Back 12

the fibrous and cellular tissue lining the medullary cavity of a bone.

Front 13

Apophysis

Back 13

any outgrowth of a bone - a process

Front 14

Cortex

Back 14

compact bone surrounding the medullary cavity.

Front 15

Epiphyseal cartilage/ growth plate

Back 15

the plate of cartilage btwn the diaphysis and epiphyses of immature long bones. this is where the lengthening of long bones takes place.

Front 16

Endochondral ossification

Back 16

the formulation of long bones in the fetus by transforming a cartilaginous model into bone.

Front 17

Compact bone

Back 17

gross term for the part of bone that looks solid

Front 18

Cancellous bone

Back 18

gross term for bone with visible spaces in it.

Front 19

condyle

Back 19

a large anticular prminence

Front 20

crest

Back 20

a prominent border or ridge

Front 21

Epicondyle

Back 21

a prominence just proximal to a condyle

Front 22

Foramen

Back 22

an opening through a bone

Front 23

Fossa

Back 23

a small hollow

Front 24

Head

Back 24

a rounded articular process

Front 25

Meatus

Back 25

a tube line canal through a bone.

Front 26

Process

Back 26

any prominent roughened projection from a bone

Front 27

Spine

Back 27

a sharp slender process

Front 28

Trochanter

Back 28

a large, blunt process found only on the femur

Front 29

Trochlea

Back 29

a pully shaped structure

Front 30

Tuberosity/ tuber

Back 30

a large, usually roughened process

Front 31

Hyoid apparatus

Back 31

the bones holding the larynx in place and serving as a major attachment for the tongue.

Front 32

Atlas

Back 32

the 1st cervical vertebra, named for it's support of the head.

Front 33

Axis

Back 33

the long 2nd cervical vertebrae.

Front 34

False ribs

Back 34

all ribs that are not true ribs.

Front 35

Floating ribs

Back 35

last false ribs found in the dog & man. They end in costal cartilage that does not join to the sternum or other costal cartilage.

Front 36

True ribs

Back 36

articulate directly by their costal cartilage with the sternum.

Front 37

Costal cartilage

Back 37

the bars of hyaline cartilage either connecting the bony rib to the sternum or to the costal arch or ending freely.

Front 38

Tubercle

Back 38

large and small prominences on the humerus, known as the greater and lesser tubercles.

Front 39

Osteoblasts

Back 39

cells that tear down bone so it can be rebuilt.

Front 40

Axial skeleton

Back 40

composed of the bones that lie around the body's center of gravity. this includes skull, vertebrae, hyoid apparatus, ribs, sternum.

Front 41

Appendicular skeleton

Back 41

composed of the bones of the limbs.

Front 42

intramembranous ossification

Back 42

the oseoblasts originate from embryonal mesenchymal cells.

Front 43

Arthrology

Back 43

the study of joints.