Skeletal System Flashcards
scaffold against which muscles pull for movement and provides protection for delicate organs; provides support and shape for body; synthesize blood cells, store calcium, phosphate, and lipids
Skeletal System
Contains yellow marrow; most leg and arm bones; has growth plates at ends
Long bones
Marrow that stores lipids
Yellow marrow
found at ends of long bones and in flat bones; produces blood cells
Red bone marrow
square bones of wrist and ankle
short bones
thin and flat, used to protect organs
Flat bones
hip bones; parts of the skull
irregular bones
Places where bones meet other bones
joints
where bones are fused together there are __________ joints.
immoveable
what attaches bones to other bones
ligaments
supports the tongue; only bone in body not connected to other bones
Hyoid bone
Covers articulating surfaces of bones and prevents bones from grinding each other
Hyaline cartilage
moveable joints that contain lubricating synovial fluid
Synovial joints
Moveable joints include :
Pivot
Ball-and-socket
Hinge
tubular structures where bone is synthesized
Osteons
