Lies on the long axis or midline of the body. Provides protection. Skull/cranium, ribs, sternum, spine (including cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral vertebrae,
Complete the missing section: Cervical, ....., Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx
Thoracic
The cranium and sternum are examples of what classification/type of bone?
Flat
'Bone clearers' are called...
osteoclasts
Tarsals and carpals are an example of what type/classification of bone?
Short
What attaches 'bone to bone'?
Ligaments
What separates the shaft from the ends of the bone? (Areas of growing tissue in children and adolescents. )
Epiphyseal plates (growth plates)
What is end of the bone called, made of cancellous bone which is spongy tissue designed to withstand compression forces?
Epiphysis
The bone growth process is called...
ossification
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
What section of the spine has the most movement?
Cervical
What mineral is important for bone growth?
Calcium
How many types of bone?
5 - long, short, irregular, sesamoid, flat.
Between each vertebrae there are....
intervertebral discs (fibrous cartilage)
'Bone building cells' are called...
osteoblasts
Hyper-kyphosis is...
An exaggerated rounding (hump) in the thoracic vertebrae.
A lateral or sideways curvature of the spine giving an S-shape is called...
Scoliosis
Hyper-lordosis is....
An exaggerated inward curvature of the lumbar spine
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