Osteology

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What are the two groups that the bones are placed in?	Axial and appendicular
How many bones are in the body?	206
Support and structure, mineral storage, blood making, protection of internal organs and muscle attachments are the functions of what?	Bones
What is the unit of dense bone called?	Osteon
What is responsible for the diffusion of nutrients in the osteon?	Canaliculi
What are the lines outside of the concentric lamellae?	Circumferential lamellae
Do the circumferential lamellae have lacunae on them?	Yes
What are the collagen fibers in the matrix made up of?	Hydroxyapatite
What bone makes blood?	Femur
What shape are osteoblasts?	Cuboidal
What cells make bone?	Osteocytes
What cells break down bone?	Osteoclasts
What type of skeletal bone looks smooth?	Compact
What isolates and protects the bone from surrounding tissue?	Periosteum
What lines the medullary cavity of the inside of the bone?	Endosteum
The humerus, radius, ulna, femur and phalanges are what type of bone?	Long bone
The patella is what type of shape of bone?	Sesamoid
What type of cartilage has a lot of collagen fibers?	Fibrocartilage
What are cartilage cells called?	Chondrocytes
What connects muscles to bones in the human body?	Tendons
What is the name for the internal skeleton?	Endoskeleton
What is the hard protective structure developed outside the body, as the shell of a lobster?	Exoskeleton
What is the end of a long bone called?	Epiphysis
What produces blood cells in the medullary or marrow cavity?	Red marrow
What is the developmental process of bone formation called?	Ossification
What is the deterioration of bones due to lack of calcium called?	Osteoporosis
What is the inflammation or infection of a bone called?	Osteitis
What is it called when there is an inflammation of the bone and the joints?	Osteoarthritis
What is an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column also known as hunchback?	Kyphosis
What is the word meaning the study of bones?	Osteology
What type of bone is a spongy bone, not as dense as a compact bone?	Cancellous bones
What is the cartilage found between the vertebrae (in spinal column) called?	Invertebral disc
What is the first cervical vertebra?	Atlas

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