Bones And The Skeleton

Front 1

The most dominate tissue in bone is...

Back 1

Bone connective tissue

Front 2

Osteoblasts

Back 2

Bone birthing cells that actively produce and secrete bone matrix.

Front 3

Osteocyte

Back 3

Mature bone cells that keep bone healthy.

Front 4

Osteoclasts

Back 4

Responsible for reabsorption of bone

Front 5

Long bones

Back 5

Longer than wide, a shafts plus ends

Front 6

Short bones

Back 6

Roughly cube shaped

Front 7

Flat bones

Back 7

Thin and flat, usually curved

Front 8

Irregular bones

Back 8

Various shapes that do not fit in other categories

Front 9

Diaphysis

Back 9

Shafts of a bone

Front 10

Epiphysis

Back 10

Ends of bones

Front 11

Medullary cavity

Back 11

Hollow cavity filled with yellow marrow

Front 12

Periosteum

Back 12

Outside of bone

Front 13

Projections for muscle attachment

Back 13

Pulled away and rough

Front 14

Tuberosity

Back 14

Large rounded projection, may be rough

Front 15

Crest

Back 15

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

Front 16

Line

Back 16

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than crest

Front 17

Tubercle

Back 17

Small rounded projection or process

Front 18

Epicondyle

Back 18

Raised area on or above a condyle

Front 19

Spine

Back 19

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Front 20

Process

Back 20

Any bone prominence

Front 21

Head

Back 21

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Front 22

Facet

Back 22

Smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Front 23

Condyle

Back 23

Rounded articular projection, often articulates with corresponding fossa

Front 24

Foramen

Back 24

Round or oval opening through a bone

Front 25

Groove

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Furrow

Front 26

Fissure

Back 26

Narrow, slit like opening

Front 27

Notch

Back 27

Identation at the edge of a structure

Front 28

Fossa

Back 28

Shallow, basin like depression, often articular surface

Front 29

Meatus

Back 29

Canal like passage way

Front 30

Sinus

Back 30

Cavity filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Front 31

Unpaired bones of skull

Back 31

Mandible and vomer

Front 32

Which facial bone is the longest and strongest

Back 32

Mandible, jaw bone

Front 33

What are the largest paranasal sinuses

Back 33

Maxillary sinuses

Front 34

Maxillary bones

Back 34

Are the keystone bones of the face

Front 35

How many bones make up the vertebral column

Back 35

26

Front 36

Primary spine curvatures at birth

Back 36

Thoracic and sacral, the lumbar comes later when baby starts walking

Front 37

Transverse process in cervical spine

Back 37

Contain transverse foramen where the vertebral arteries pass through

Front 38

C1

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Atlas

Front 39

C2

Back 39

Axis

Front 40

Dens

Back 40

Projects superiorly in the axis

Front 41

Which vertebrae articulate with the ribs

Back 41

All thoracic, t1-t12

Front 42

Spinous process

Back 42

Are long and point inferiorly in thoracic spine

Front 43

Lumbar vertebrae parts

Back 43

Thick and robust bodies, transverse processes, spinous process, and vertebra foramen

Front 44

Coccyx

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Tailbone

Front 45

Jugular notch

Back 45

Central indentation at superior border of the manubrium

Front 46

True ribs

Back 46

Superior seven pairs of ribs, 1-7

Front 47

False ribs

Back 47

Ribs 8-12 , inferior five pairs

Front 48

Floating ribs

Back 48

Ribs 11-12

Front 49

Where do the clavicles articulate

Back 49

Sternal end articulates with manubrium, acromial end articulates with with scapula

Front 50

Humerus

Back 50

Only arm bone, longest and strongest of upper limb

Front 51

Forearm bones

Back 51

Radius and ulna

Front 52

Interosseous membrane

Back 52

Interconnects radius and ulna

Front 53

Radius contributes...

Back 53

To the wrist joint

Front 54

Bones of pelvic girdle

Back 54

Coxal bone (ilium, ischium, and pubis) sacrum and coccyx

Front 55

Strongest part of the hip bones

Back 55

Ischial tuberosities

Front 56

Longest and strongest bone of body

Back 56

Femur

Front 57

Tibia

Back 57

Receives weight of body from femur

Front 58

Patella

Back 58

Triangular sesamoid bone

Front 59

Fibula

Back 59

Lateral leg bone

Front 60

Fibula contributes...

Back 60

Not to knee, but stabilizes ankle

Front 61

Trochanter

Back 61

Very large process of femur