Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Question 0

Hemopoiesis

Answer 0

the process of blood formation

Question 1

Articulations

Answer 1

joints

Question 2

Red Bone marrow

Answer 2

soft connective inside the hard walls of some bones

Question 3

Yellow bone marrow

Answer 3

inactive, fatty form found in adult skeleton

Question 4

Endosteum

Answer 4

a fiberous membrane that libes the medullary cavity

Question 5

medullary cavity

Answer 5

a hollow area inside the diaphysis of a bone

Question 6

diaphysis

Answer 6

a hollow tube made of hard compact bone

Question 7

ephipyses

Answer 7

the ends of the bone

Question 8

Articular cavity

Answer 8

a thin layer of cartilage covering each emphysis

Question 9

periosteum

Answer 9

a strong Fiberous membrane covering a long bone

Question 10

trabeculae

Answer 10

the needlelike threads of spongy bone that surround a network of spaces

Question 11

Osteocytes

Answer 11

the seemingly lifeless matrix of many living bone cells

Question 12

compact bone

Answer 12

the dense and hard outer layer of the bone

Question 13

osteoclasts

Answer 13

bone absorbing cells

Question 14

canaliculi

Answer 14

tiny canals that connect the lacunae with one another and with the central canal in the Havesian system

Question 15

Cartilage

Answer 15

fiberous connective tissue; consisting of firm plastic

Question 16

chondrocytes

Answer 16

cartilage cells

Question 17

osteoblasts

Answer 17

bone forming cells

Question 18

lacunae

Answer 18

the spaces between the layers of the lamillae

Question 19

endochonral ossification

Answer 19

process where bones are formed from cartilage

Question 20

epiphyseal plate

Answer 20

cartilage plate between epiphysis and diaphysis that allows growth

Question 21

sutures

Answer 21

immovable joints

Question 22

fontanels

Answer 22

“soft spots” in infants head

Question 23

thorax

Answer 23

arms; legs

Question 24

olecranon process

Answer 24

large bony process of ulna-tip of elbow

Question 25

olecranon fossa

Answer 25

large depression on posterior of the humerous

Question 26

ligaments

Answer 26

bond or panel connecting two objects white tissue that connects to bone

Question 27

articular cartilage

Answer 27

acts like a rubber heel for bone

Question 28

synovial membrane

Answer 28

lines joints

Question 29

thorax

Answer 29

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