Bone Anatomy

Question 1

diaphysis

Answer 1

middle part of the long bone

Question 2

epiphysis

Answer 2

top and bottom part of bone

Question 3

articular cartilage

Answer 3

bone points at the end of the femur

Question 4

periosteum

Answer 4

outer covering of bone

Question 5

endosteum

Answer 5

membrane lining in bone

Question 5

medullary cavity

Answer 5

the hollow part of bone that contains bone marrow

Question 5

red marrow

Answer 5

red marrow

Question 6

yellow marrow

Answer 6

yellow marrow

Question 6

compact bone/cortical bone

Answer 6

the external layer of all bones

Question 7

spongy bone/ cancellous bone

Answer 7

honeycomb of spongy bone that connects to flat bones

Question 7

osteon

Answer 7

functinal unit of compact bone

Question 8

trabeculae

Answer 8

part of spoungy bone

Question 9

central canal

Answer 9

the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space that runs through the spinal cord behind the axial bone

Question 10

perforating canal

Answer 10

is a channel within bone tissue that allows blood vessels and nerves to connect the outer part of the bone with its interior

Question 11

lamellae

Answer 11

thin layer of membrane

Question 12

lacunae

Answer 12

unfilled space or gap

Question 13

canaliculi

Answer 13

hairlike channels

Question 14

osteocyte

Question 15

osteoblast

Answer 15

cells that form new bones and grow and heal existing bones in the sponge

Question 16

osteoclast

Answer 16

breaks down old bone tissue in the sponge bone