Vocab

Question 1

Appendicular system

Answer 1

Consists of fore and hind limbs.

Question 2

Axial system

Answer 2

Consists of the skull and vertbrae

Question 3

Comminuted fracture

Answer 3

Bone shatters into many pieces

Question 4

Compound fracture

Answer 4

Bone breaks through the skin

Question 5

Diaphysis

Answer 5

Body of a long bone

Question 6

Endosteum

Answer 6

Thin layer of bone covering,

Lines medullary cavity

Question 7

Epiphysis

Answer 7

Enlarged ends of long bone

Question 8

Fissure fracture

Answer 8

Break along the long axis of a bone

Question 9

Flat bone

Answer 9

Plate of bone,
Usually thin and curved.
Ex: scapula

Question 10

Greenstick fracture

Answer 10

Break on one side of bone, usually due to a bending force.

Question 11

Irregular bone

Answer 11

Complex and irregularly shaped bone

Ex: vertebrae

Question 12

Long bone

Answer 12

Bone longer than it is wide.

Ex: humerus, radius, and femur.

Question 13

Medullary cavity

Answer 13

Space within the bone filled with marrow

Question 14

Metaphysis

Answer 14

Joining point of epiphysis and diaphysis

Question 15

Ossification

Answer 15

Process by which tissue and cartilage becomes bone

Question 16

Periosteum

Answer 16

Thin layer of Bone covering

Question 17

Sesamoid

Answer 17

Small, seed shaped bone embedded in a tendon

Ex: proximal and distal sesamoids.

Question 18

Short bone

Answer 18

Cube shaped bone

Ex: bones of the carpus and tarsus

Question 19

Simple fracture

Answer 19

Bone doesn’t break through the skin

Question 20

Skeleton

Answer 20

Framework of structures that support and protect the body.

Question 21

Synovial joint

Answer 21

Freely moveable joints

Question 22

Transverse fracture

Answer 22

Break completely across the bone