lab 2 Flashcards
smooth rounded process of forming joint
condyle
opening in the body that’s shaped like a crack or cleft, and is usually found between separate anatomical structures
fissure
depression
fossa
rounded opening
foramen
sticks out
process
longer passageway
canal
opening to a canal
meatus
body part that bulges out
protuberance
have a shaft & 2 enlarged ends
long bones
usually cube shaped
short bones
short bones that form within tendons
sesamoid bones
usually thin, curved + flattened
flat bones
complicated shapes that do not match the other categories
irregular bones
hardened minerals + collagen fibers
matrix
broken bone breaks through the skin
open compound
broken bone doesn’t break through the skin
closed (simple) fracture
shattered into smaller pieces
comminuted
crack, along one side of diaphysis
greenstick fracture
a break in a skull bone that pushes part of the bone closer to the brain
depressed fracture
carpals
short bone
humerus
long bone
vertebra
irregular bone
patella
sesamoid bone
sternum
flat bone
shaft of a long bone
diaphysis
bands of diving hyaline cartilage
epiphyseal plate
filled adipose tissue
marrow cavity
dense outer layer of bone
compact