Skeleton

Question 1

What is included in the Axial Skeleton?

Answer 1

The spine, skull and pelvis

Question 2

What does the Appendicular skeleton consist of?

Answer 2

The limbs that attach to the axial skeleton

Question 3

What does the Splanchnic skeleton consist of?

Answer 3

Bone not attached to the appendicular or axial skeleton such as the os penis in a dog or cat

Question 4

Condyle

Answer 4

A rounded projection on a bone, usually for articulation with another bone

Question 5

Crest

Answer 5

A raised area of bone

Question 6

Foramen

Answer 6

An opening or passage into or through a bone

Question 7

Fossa

Answer 7

A hollow or depressed area on a bone

Question 8

Groove

Answer 8

A depression in a bone

Question 9

Medullary cavity

Answer 9

The centre of long bones, often where bone marrow is found

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

The outer covering if bones

Question 11

Process

Answer 11

A thin, elongated projection

Question 12

Sinus

Answer 12

A narrow, hollow cavity

Question 13

Tuberosity/trochanter/tubercle

Answer 13

protuberances on a bone, which are usually for the attachment of muscles

Question 14

Trochlea

Answer 14

bony structures through or over which tendons pass; usually grooves in the bone and allow tendons to act as pulleys

Question 15

epicondyle

Answer 15

a projection of bone on the lateral edge above its condyle

Question 16

tendon

Answer 16

connects muscle to bone

Question 17

ligament

Answer 17

connects one bone to another bone

Question 18

sesamoid bones

Answer 18

sesame-seed-shaped bones that develop within a tendon that runs over an underlying body prominence, they serve to change the angle at which the tendon passes over the bone and reduce wear and tear

Question 19

pneumatic bones

Answer 19

bones that contain air filled sinuses that reduce the weight of the bone

Question 20

splanchic bone

Answer 20

develops within an organ, unattached from the rest of the skeleton

Question 21

Osteoblasts

Answer 21

cells that lay down new bone

Question 22

Osteoclasts

Answer 22

Cells that destroy or remodel bone

Question 23

On which bone is the greater and lesser tubercle found?

Answer 23

the humerus

Question 24

On which bone is the greater and lesser trochanter?

Answer 24

the femur

Question 25

another name for the joints of flat bones

Answer 25

suture

Question 26

A small depression in the bone; often contains structures within it or is an area for muscle attachment

Answer 26

Fossa

Question 27

A small nodule or rounded prominence on a bone

Answer 27

Tubercle

Question 28

A rounded prominence found at the end of a bone, which articulates with another bone

Answer 28

condyle

Question 29

A cleft or groove

Answer 29

notch

Question 30

a bony projection

Answer 30

process

Question 31

A dip or dent in the bone, often an area for articulation with another bone

Answer 31

sulcus

Question 32

A hole in the bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass

Answer 32

foramen

Question 33

A long narrow ridge of bone

Answer 33

crest

Question 34

an air filled cavity within a bone

Answer 34

sinus

Question 35

What is the epiphysis?

Answer 35

The end of a long bone

Question 36

What is a diaphysis?

Answer 36

The shaft of a long bone

Question 37

What is the medullary cavity?

Answer 37

The centre of the long bone, where bone marrow if stored

Question 38

What is the epiphysis?

Answer 38

The end of a long bone

Question 39

What is a diaphysis?

Answer 39

The shaft of a long bone

Question 40

What is the medullary cavity?

Answer 40

The centre of the long bone, where bone marrow if stored