Exam 6: Skeletal System

What is the term for the cell that is responsible for dissolving bone to enlarge the marrow cavity?

Plates and bars of bone tissue that surround irregular spaces containing red bone marrow are called

What is the term for the cranial bone that has wings,paranasal sinus,and place for the pituitary gland?

The bone of the axial skeleton that does not articulate with any other bone,but is suspended by ligaments,is the

What is the term for the region where a bone increases in length?

The fibula is a slender bone on the lateral side of the leg and is often fractured in skiing accidents.

The bone that forms the point of the elbow is the

An immovable joint is called a(n)

There are 12 pair of true ribs.

An example of an amphiarthrosis is the joint between the

Most of the bones of the body are initially formed as hyaline cartilage models that later develop into bone.

The three bones that fuse to form the os coxa are the ilium,_____,and _____.

Cells that break down bone in the remodeling process are called

Bones that grow within tendons are called _____ bones.

The bone that forms the heel is the

The type of bone that forms the diaphysis of a long bone is

What is the term for the top portion of the sternum?

The bone in the arm or brachium is the

The tibia

The vertebral foramen is formed by the centrum and the