Chapter 6 Key Terms
Across
- 3. bone dense bone containing parallel osteons.
- 7. layer that surrounds a bone, consisting of an outer fibrous and inner cellular region.
- 8. a cell that dissolves the fibers and matrix of bone.
- 11. an articulation that permits a small degree of independent movement.
- 13. a small sac filled with synovial fluid that cushions adjacent structures and reduces friction.
- 14. exist wherever two bones interact.
- 16. an immovable joint
- 17. a cell that produces the fibers and matrix bone.
- 20. a bone cell responsible for the maintenance and turnover of the mineral content of the surrounding bone.
- 21. bone cancellous bone, resembles a network of bony rods or struts separated by spaces.
- 22. skeleton subdivided into the skull and associated bones (including the auditory ossicles, or ear bones, and the hyoid; the thoracic cage, composed of the ribs and sternum (rib cage) and thoracic vertebrae; and the vertebral column.
Down
- 1. a tissue that fills the internal cavities in a bone; may be dominated by hemopoietic cells (red marrow) or adipose tissue (yellow marrow).
- 2. the head of a long bone.
- 4. the basic histological unit of compact bone, consisting of osteocytes organized around a central canal separated by concentric lamellae.
- 5. skeleton includes the upper and lower limbs and the pectoral and pelvic girdles.
- 6. a break or crack in a bone.
- 9. the formation of bone.
- 10. dense band of connective tissue fibers that attach one bone to another.
- 12. a synovial joint.
- 15. the shaft of a long bone.
- 18. a fibrocartilage pad between opposing surfaces in a joint.
- 19. fluid substance secreted by synovial membranes that lubricates joints.