Bones

Question 1

What am I? Longer then they are wide, used in weight bearing

Answer 1

Long bone

Question 1

What am I? Protect vital organs, provides surfaces for large muscles attachments

Answer 1

Flat bones

Question 2

What am I? Width & length are similar, provide stability and little movement

Answer 2

Short bone

Question 3

What am I? Don’t fit in any categories e.g. vertebra

Answer 3

Irregular bone

Question 4

What am I? Embedded into ligament for additional leverage

Answer 4

Sesamoid bone

Question 5

What am I? Additional bones that are only present in some

Answer 5

Accessory bone

Question 6

Characteristics of bones

Answer 6

strong, hard and lightweight

Question 7

What is the structural components of bones

Answer 7

30% of organic components and 70% of inorganic components

Question 8

What are organic components?

Answer 8

Collagen and flexible matrix

Question 9

What are inorganic components?

Answer 9

Minerals, salt & Calcium phosphate

Question 10

What am I? Hard outer layer, hollow pillars of bones containing nerves and blood vessels

Answer 10

Compact (cortical) bone

Question 11

What am I? Internal tissues, open porous network

Answer 11

Spongy (Cancellous) bone

Question 12

The joint between superior and inferior facet are

Answer 12

zygapophysial joints

Question 13

A atlanto-axial joint is a type of what joint?

Answer 13

Pivot joint