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How many bones are there in the human body?
206
What attaches 'bone to bone'?
Ligaments
Where is the area of the axial skeleton?
Lies on the long axis or midline of the body. Provides protection. Skull/cranium, ribs, sternum, spine (including cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral vertebrae,
Axial and ?? skelton.
Appendicular
Tarsals and carpals are an example of what type/classification of bone?
Short
The cranium and sternum are examples of what classification/type of bone?
Flat
How many types of bone?
5 - long, short, irregular, sesamoid, flat.
What is end of the bone called, made of cancellous bone which is spongy tissue designed to withstand compression forces?
Epiphysis
What separates the shaft from the ends of the bone? (Areas of growing tissue in children and adolescents. )
Epiphyseal plates (growth plates)
What is produced in the bone marrow?
red and white blood cells and platelets
The bone growth process is called...
ossification
'Bone building cells' are called...
osteoblasts
'Bone clearers' are called...
osteoclasts
What mineral is important for bone growth?
Calcium
Complete the missing section: Cervical, ....., Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx
Thoracic
Between each vertebrae there are....
intervertebral discs (fibrous cartilage)
