Exam 6: The Skeletal System

What is the term for immovable joints in the skull?

What are the small passageways through compact bone that connect osteocytes to each other and the central canal?

Which of the following bones forms the forehead?

On which vertebra is the odontoid process found?

Which of the following bones forms the back and base of the cranium?

Which structure allows fetal skulls to compress during birth?

Immature,undifferentiated bone cells are called

What is the large opening in the coxal bone that allows blood vessels and nerves to pass anteriorly into the leg?

A condition in which bones lose bone mass and therefore become weak is

A type of arthritis that involves accumulations of uric acid crystals is called

Repair of a bone fracture is called

Doing arm circles is an example of

The socket on the coxal bone that articulates with the head of the femur is the

People sit on the _____,the most inferior coxal bone.

The longest and strongest bone in the body is the

The first tissue formed in the repair of a broken bone is

What passes through the intervertebral foramina?

The pelvic girdle is made up of

What type of synovial joint movement will move a body part laterally,away from the body?

What are the cells found within an osteon?