Exam 6: The Skeletal System: the Framework

________ bones are fairly equal sized in width and length, similar to a cube, and are mostly found in your wrists and ankles.

Because of the continual breakdown of old and creation of new bone, adults actually need more calcium in their diets than do ________.

This bone condition occurs most frequently in postmenopausal women with calcium deficiencies ________.

List three types of joint disorders.

When joints become inflamed, this is called ____________.

This term refers to the ends of a long bone ________.

The clavicle and skull bones form via __________________ ossification.

This type of joint is held together by connective tissue strands ________.

________ is the result of the infective process of a pathogen that was introduced to a joint from a penetrating wound or a blood-borne pathogen.

________ is a chronic, systemic disease that is believed to be an autoimmune condition affecting the connective tissue of the body.

Broken bones will not knit together unless they are touching or ___________.

The larger version of a tubercle located only on the femur is the ____________.

List five types of bone disorders.

This is the location in the bone where hemopoiesis occurs ________.

________ describes increasing the angle of a joint.

This refers to the shaft of a long bone ________.

____________ is the type of connective tissue that helps to cushion the ends of long bones.

The patella is the kneecap.

A ____________ is a groove or shallow depression on the surface of a bone.

If a bone is crushed to the point that it becomes fragmented or splintered, that is classified as a ________ fracture.