Bones & Joints Vocab

Question 1

Articular cartilage

Answer 1

Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synorial joints

Question 2

Bursa

Answer 2

Saclike synorial fluid-filled cushioning structure, lined w/ synorial membrane near a joint

Question 3

Calicitonin

Answer 3

Hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that helps regulate the blood, calcium and phosphate concentrations

Question 4

Endochondral bones

Answer 4

Bone that begins as hyaline cartilage that is subsequently replaced by bone tissues 

Question 5

Fibrous joint

Answer 5

Two or more bones joined by dense, connective tissues

Question 6

Fontanelles

Answer 6

Membrane is region between certain developing cranial bones in the skull of a fetus or infant

Question 7

Intramembranous bones

Answer 7

Bone that forms from membrane like layers of primitive connective tissues

Question 8

Cachnae

Answer 8

Small chamber or cavity

Question 9

Lamella

Answer 9

Layer of the matrix surrounding the central canal of an osten

Question 10

Meniscus

Answer 10

Fibrocartilage that separates the Articulatin Surfaces of bones in knee 

Question 11

Ossification

Answer 11

Formulation of bone tissue 

Question 12

Osteoblasts

Answer 12

Done- forming cell

Question 13

Osteoclast

Answer 13

Cell that breaks down bone matrix 

Question 14

Osteocyte

Answer 14

Mature bone cell

Question 15

Osteon

Answer 15

Cylinder shaped unit containing bone cells, and matrix lamellar that surround a central canal, ; Haversian system 

Question 16

Red marrow

Answer 16

Blood cell forming tissue within bones 

Question 17

Synorial joint

Answer 17

Freely moving joint

Question 18

Yellow marrow

Answer 18

Fat storage tissue in the medullary cavity of certain bones