The skeletal system

There are _____ type of bones.

The _____ _____is the hollow area inside the diaphysis of a bone.

A thin layer of cartilage covering each epiphysis is the_______ _______.

The ________ lines the medulla cavity of long bones.

____________ is used to describe the process of blood cell formation

Blood Cell formation is a vital process carried on in ___ ____ ______.

The _________ is a strong fibrous membrane covering a long bone except at joint surfaces.

Osteoporosis occurs most frequently in ____ ____ ____.

Bones serve as a safety-deposit box for _____, a vital substance required for normal nerve and muscle function.

As muscles contract and shorten, they pull on bones and thereby ____ them.

Needlelike threads of spongy bone

Dense bone tissue

Ends of long bones

outer covering of bone

fibers embedded in a firm gel

Bone cells

Connect lucunae

Ring of bone

Cartilage Cells

Structural unit of compact bone

When the skeleton forms in a baby before birth it consists of _____ and _____ structures

The _____ are the ends of the bone.

Bone forming cells are known as ______.

It is the combined action of ______and ______ that sculpts bones into their adult shapes.

The stresses placed on certain bones during exercise ______ the rate of bone deposition.

The epiphyseal plate can be seen in both external and cutaway views of ______ long bones

The shaft of a long bone is known as the _______

_______ in the newborn becomes bone, when it is replaced with calcified bone matrix deposited by osteoblasts.

When epiphyseal cartilage becomes bone, growth ______.

The ______ ______ is visible, if present, on x-ray films.

What are the main part of the long bone
There are 6

what makes up the axial skeleton

what bones are considered cranial bones

___ ___ attach directly to the sternum by means of cartilage

The bone that runs along the lateral side of your forearm is_______.

The shinbone is also known as the_____.

The bones in the palm of your hand are called_______.

bones of the upper extremities

The heel bone is known as the_______

The mastoid process is part of the _____ bone.

when a baby learns to walk, the _____area of the spine becomes concave.

which bone is the "funny bone"

there are __ pairs of true ribs

The 27 bones in the wrist and the hand allow for more ______.

The longest bone in the body is the_____.

Distally, the ____. articulates with the patella.

The _______ bones form the cheekbones.

In a child, there are five of these bones. In an adult, they are fused into one.

The spinal cord enters the cranium through a large hole ( foramen magnum) in the_______bone.

Occipital

Sternum

coxal

femur

temporal

tarsals

sphenoid

ethmoid

scapula

tibia

frontal

mandible

freely movable joints are_____

The sutures in the skull are ______ joints.

All _____ joints have a joint capsule, a joint cavity and a layer of cartilage over the ends of the two joining bones

______ grow out of periosteum and attach two bones together.

The ______ _____ absorbs jolts.

Gliding joints are the _____ ______ of the diarthrotic joints.

The knee is the ______ joint.

Hinge joints allow motion in __ directions.

The saddle joint at the base of each of our thumbs allows for greater______.

When you rotate your head, you are using a ____ joint.

what is a function of bones

The 4 types of bones are;

There are a total of ___ phalanges in the skeletal system

The last two ribs

In an infant, each coxal bone consists of three seperate bone. Thes bones are: