Bones

Question 1

What are the types of bones found in the body?

Answer 1

FLISS

• flat bones
• long bones
• irregular bones
• short bones
• sesamoid bones

Question 2

What are the outer and inner parts of the long bone?

Answer 2

• outer part is compact bone
• inner part is spongy bone

Question 3

What is found inside the long bone?

Answer 3

• contains the medullary cavity

: lined with endosteum

: filled with yellow bone marrow

: stores fat

Question 4

What is the shaft of the long bone also called?

Answer 4

• diaphysis

Question 5

What are the ends of the long bones also called?

Answer 5

• epiphysis

Question 6

What is the function of cartilage within long bones and where are they found?

Answer 6

• protects against friction and allows movement
• found at the proximal and distal epiphysis

Question 7

Label the image

Answer 7

Question 8

Short bones & where are they found in the body?

Answer 8

• cube-shaped or box-like in appearance
• found in the carpals of the hands & tarsals of the feet

Question 9

Flat bones & examples

Answer 9

• flat, curved
• areas of protection and muscle attachment
  e. g.

: cranial bones

: sternum

: scapulae

: ribs

Question 10

Irregular bones & examples

Answer 10

• vary in shape and structure
• often have fairly compex shapes which help protect internal organs
  e. g.

: vertebrae

: sacrum

Question 11

Sesamoid bone & example

Answer 11

• a bone embedded within a tendon or muscle

(latin of sasumum = “sesame seed”)

e.g. patella

Question 12

4 types of bone cells

Answer 12

1. osteoprogenitor cell
2. osteoblast
3. osteocyte
4. osteoclast

Answer 13

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