Diaphysis - CORRECT ANSWER -The shaft or central part of a long bone
Epiphysis - CORRECT ANSWER -Rounded End of Long Bone at its Joint
Articular Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -Smooth white tissue that covers the end of bones when they
form joints
Epiphyseal Plate/Line - CORRECT ANSWER -A hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a
long bone
Medullary Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -Central Cavity of the bone shaft where bone marrow is stored
Compact Bone - CORRECT ANSWER -( Hard outer part) Compact portion of bone that consists largely of
concentric lamellar osteons
Spongy Bone - CORRECT ANSWER -A network of irregular shaped sheets and spikes of bone found under
the compact bone
Trabeculae - CORRECT ANSWER -The spongy spiky open-work that makes up spongy bone
Tuberosity (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Large Rounded Projection; may be roughened
Crest (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Narrow Ridge of Bone, Usually Prominent
,Trochanter (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Very Large, blunt, irregularly Shaped Process
Tubercle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Small Rounded Projection or Process
Epicondyle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Raised area on or above a condyle
Spine (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Sharp, Slender, often pointed Projection
Process (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Any Bony Prominence
Head (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
Facet (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Condyle (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Rounded articular projection
Ramus (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Arm-like bar of bone
Fossa (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Shallow basinlike depression
Groove (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Furrow
Meatus (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER -Canal like passage way
Foramen (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER -Round or oval opening through a bone
Osteon - CORRECT ANSWER -A central canal and all the concentric lamelle surrounding it
, Osteocyte - CORRECT ANSWER -Mature Bone Cells
Central (haversian) canal - CORRECT ANSWER -Runs paralel to the long axis of the bone and carriers
blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic tissue
Concentric Lamellae - CORRECT ANSWER -Concentric circles surrounding the central canal of an osteon
Lacuna - CORRECT ANSWER -Chambers
Canaliculi - CORRECT ANSWER -Tiny canals radiating outward from a central canal
Perforating Canals - CORRECT ANSWER -Run at right angles to the shaft and connect blood and nerve
supply of medullary cavity to central canal
Periosteum - CORRECT ANSWER -A fibrous membrane covering made up of dense irregular connective
tissue (on exterior of bone)
Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers - CORRECT ANSWER -blood vessels and nerves that travel through the
Periosteum and invade bone
(Ossification) 1. Proliferation Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Cartilage Cells Undergo Mitosis (B) in image
(Ossification) 2. Hypertrophic Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Older cartilage cells enlarge (C) in image
(Ossification) 3. Calcification Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Matrix calcifies; cartilage cells die; matrix begins
deteriorating; blood vessels invade cavity. (D) in image
(Ossification) 4. Ossification Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -New Bone Forms (E) in image
mneumonic for ossification - CORRECT ANSWER -People-Hate-Crying-Onions
Epiphysis - CORRECT ANSWER -Rounded End of Long Bone at its Joint
Articular Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER -Smooth white tissue that covers the end of bones when they
form joints
Epiphyseal Plate/Line - CORRECT ANSWER -A hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a
long bone
Medullary Cavity - CORRECT ANSWER -Central Cavity of the bone shaft where bone marrow is stored
Compact Bone - CORRECT ANSWER -( Hard outer part) Compact portion of bone that consists largely of
concentric lamellar osteons
Spongy Bone - CORRECT ANSWER -A network of irregular shaped sheets and spikes of bone found under
the compact bone
Trabeculae - CORRECT ANSWER -The spongy spiky open-work that makes up spongy bone
Tuberosity (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Large Rounded Projection; may be roughened
Crest (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Narrow Ridge of Bone, Usually Prominent
,Trochanter (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Very Large, blunt, irregularly Shaped Process
Tubercle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Small Rounded Projection or Process
Epicondyle (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Raised area on or above a condyle
Spine (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Sharp, Slender, often pointed Projection
Process (muscle/lig attatchment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Any Bony Prominence
Head (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck
Facet (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Smooth, nearly flat articular surface
Condyle (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Rounded articular projection
Ramus (help to form joints) - CORRECT ANSWER -Arm-like bar of bone
Fossa (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Shallow basinlike depression
Groove (allow for muscle attachment) - CORRECT ANSWER -Furrow
Meatus (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER -Canal like passage way
Foramen (passage for nerve/vessels) - CORRECT ANSWER -Round or oval opening through a bone
Osteon - CORRECT ANSWER -A central canal and all the concentric lamelle surrounding it
, Osteocyte - CORRECT ANSWER -Mature Bone Cells
Central (haversian) canal - CORRECT ANSWER -Runs paralel to the long axis of the bone and carriers
blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic tissue
Concentric Lamellae - CORRECT ANSWER -Concentric circles surrounding the central canal of an osteon
Lacuna - CORRECT ANSWER -Chambers
Canaliculi - CORRECT ANSWER -Tiny canals radiating outward from a central canal
Perforating Canals - CORRECT ANSWER -Run at right angles to the shaft and connect blood and nerve
supply of medullary cavity to central canal
Periosteum - CORRECT ANSWER -A fibrous membrane covering made up of dense irregular connective
tissue (on exterior of bone)
Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers - CORRECT ANSWER -blood vessels and nerves that travel through the
Periosteum and invade bone
(Ossification) 1. Proliferation Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Cartilage Cells Undergo Mitosis (B) in image
(Ossification) 2. Hypertrophic Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Older cartilage cells enlarge (C) in image
(Ossification) 3. Calcification Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -Matrix calcifies; cartilage cells die; matrix begins
deteriorating; blood vessels invade cavity. (D) in image
(Ossification) 4. Ossification Zone - CORRECT ANSWER -New Bone Forms (E) in image
mneumonic for ossification - CORRECT ANSWER -People-Hate-Crying-Onions
