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Anatomy: Bones
Chp 5 Review
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What is the area of the bone that causes lengthwise growth?
Epiphyseal Plate
Blood cell formation is called:
Hematopoiesis
Giant cells that destroy or remove bone:
Osteoclasts
The most important minerals stored in bone are
Phosphorus and Calcium
A round or oval hole through a bone is called
Foramen
The heel bone is called
calcaneous
Vertebrate are what type of bone
Irregular
Ankle bones are what type of bone
short
What are the 4 shapes of bones
Long, Short, Flat, Irrgular
Growth in dameter of a bone is known as
Appositional Growth
A bone fracture where the bone breaks into many fragments
Comminuted
The ends of broken bones are forced into each other
Impacted
Coxal bones are what shape?
irregular
An epiphyseal line indicates
Length in bone has ended
Explain the difference between compact and spongey bone:
Compact is dense and smooth, Spongey is full of open spaces
How does a bone cell in a Lacunae receive nourishment?
Canaliculi
What is a Fossa
a shallow basin-like depression (Articular surface)
Red bone marrows function
produce red blood cells
Yellow bone marrows function
store fat
What shape do short bones generally have?
cube
What are Lacunae
cavities in bone where bone cells are found
What happens when blood calcium levels drop
Osteoclasts remove bone to add calcium to the blood
The forerunner of bone in embryos is
hyaline cartilage
Stresses of gravity and muscles pulling on bones cause
Bone Remodeling to occur (Adding and removing matrix)
Skull, Vertebral Column, Ribs, sternum
Axial Skeleton
Girdles and limbs
Appendicular Skeleton
Vertebrate #1 is called
Atlas
Vertebrate #2 is called
Axis
What bone does the foramen magnum pass through?
Occipital
The only unpaired facial bone is the
Vomer
How many lumbar vertebrate are there?
5
How many Cervical Vertebrate are there?
7
How many thoracic vertebrate are there?
12
What is the correct order of ribs, superior to inferior
True, False, floating
What are the regions of the vertebral column, superior to infertior
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
The diaphysis is composed of what type of bone
Compact
The epiphysis is composed of what type of bone
Spongey
Another name for the clavicle is the
Collarbone
What are the soft spots on a baby's head called?
Fontanels
What is the function of the fontanels:
Birth and growth
Wrist bones are called
carpals
Ankle bones are called:
Tarsals
What is the heaviest strongest bone in the body
femur
What are the 5 functions of bone?
Support, Movement, Protection, Storage, Hematopoeisis
What are fused immovable joints in the skull called?
Sutures
What do the alveolar margins of the maxillae hold?
teeth
What are the pads of cartilage between the vertebrate called?
Intervertebral Discs
The external auditory meatus passes through which bone?
temporal
The Atlas articulates with the
occipital condyles