Skeletal Flashcards
Hard bone, shaft of bone
Diaphysis
End of bones
Epiphysis
Rounding articulating surfaces, round at end of long bones
Condyles
Muscle attachment
Trochanter
A shallow depression
Fossa
Hole for blood vessels and nerves
Foramen
A long tube like canal
Meatus
An air filled cavity
Sinus
Bone linings
Membranes
The membrane lining the medullary cavity
Endosteum
Membrane surrounding shaft of bone
Periosteum
This type of bone is porous, has many many blood cells, inside of bone, found in epiphysis
Spongy/cancellous
This type of bone is not as porous, found in diaphysis
Compact/dense
Thin plates- tree rings
Lamella
Each layer of Lamella contain this
Lacuna
This type of bone cell lay down minerals needed to build bone
Osteoblasts
This type of bone cell shapes bone into form
Osteoclasts
Cells are connected to nutrient supply through tiny canals called….
Canaliculi
Four types of bones
Long short irregular flat
