chapter 7 Flashcards
Patella
knee cap
Calcaneus
Heel bone
Clavicle
Collar bone
Carpals
Wrist bones
Humerus
bone of the upper arm
Tibia and fibula
Lower leg bone
Foreman
opening in the bone where vessels and nerves enter/exit
Condyle
knuckle like process at the end of a long bone
Diaphysis
Shaft of long bone
Epiphysis
end of long bone
Fossa
small cavity in bone
Physis
Growth
Cost
rib
Lithiasis
forward slipping
osteoblast
cell that helps form bone tissue
Myelogram
record of bone marrow
calcium
mineral constituents of bone
cranial bone
skull bones
epiphyseal plate
cartilaginous area of the long bone
False ribs
8 -10 in the paired 12
Fissure
narrow opening in bone
Floating ribs
11 and 12
Malleolus
round process found on both sides of the ankle joint
Olecranon
forming of the elbow
osteclast
bone cell that absorbs and removes unwanted bone tissue
periosteum
membrane surrounding cells
