lecture 1 flashcards
two Types of bone tissue
Spongey Compact
6 Types of bones
Long, irregular, short, flat, sutural, sesamoid
Long bone description
cylindrical shaft with knobby ends
long bone examples
Femur, humerus
short bone description
small chunky solid bones
flat bone description
broad flat shape, thin bones
flat bone examples
scapula, ribs, temporal skull bones, parietal
irregular bone description
chunky, complex shapes
irregular bone examples
vertebra, sphenoid, ethmoid skull bones
sutural description
small irregular bones found along cranial sutures
sesamoid description
tendons pass over a joint typically flexor tendons formed after birth
sesamoid examples
patella, pisiform
5 surface markings (depressions and openings)
fissure, foreman, fossa, sulcus, meatus
fissure description
deep furrow or cleft
foramen description
perforation through a bone or membrane