Bones

Question 1

Short bones

Answer 1

Cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankles

Question 2

Long bones

Answer 2

Longer than they are wide (humerus)

Question 3

Flat bones

Answer 3

Thin, flattened, and a bit curved (sternum)

Question 4

Irregular bones

Answer 4

Bones with complicated shapes (vertebrae)

Question 5

Axial Skeleton

Answer 5

Bones of the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage

Question 6

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 6

Bones of the upper and lower limbs, shoulder, and hip

Question 7

Five important functions of bone

Answer 7

Support, protection, Aid movement, mineral storage, blood cell formation

Question 8

Bone marking: process

Answer 8

Any projection or bumping

Question 9

Bone marking: trochanter

Answer 9

Large, rough projection

Question 10

Bone marking: tuberosity

Answer 10

A small, rough projection

Question 11

Bone marking: tubercle

Answer 11

Small, rounded projection

Question 12

Bone marking: crest

Answer 12

A prominent ridge

Question 13

Bone marking: spine

Answer 13

A pointed process

Question 14

Bone marking: facet

Answer 14

A small, flat articular surface

Question 15

Bone markings: fossa

Answer 15

Shallow depression

Question 16

Bone marking: foramen

Answer 16

Rounded passageway for blood vessels and or nerves

Question 17

Bone marking: canal

Answer 17

Large diameter passageway through the substance of a bone

Question 18

Bone cell: osteocytes

Answer 18

Mature bone cells

Question 19

Bone cells: lacunae

Answer 19

Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes

Question 20

Bone cells: canaliculi

Answer 20

Hairlike canals that connect lacunae to each other and central canals