Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz

5. An articulation that permits a small degree of independent movement.
6. Spongy bone is softer and weaker than compact bone, but is also more flexible.
10. Pertaining to a joint.
12. an immovably fixed joint between bones connected by fibrous tissue (for example, the sutures of the skull).
15. A cell that dissolves the fibers matrix of a bone.
16. a bone cell responsible for the maintenance and turnover of the mineral content of the surrounding bone.
19. Layer that surrounds a bone consisting of an outer fibrous and inner cellular region.
20. A synovial joint.
21. Dense band of connective tissue fibers that attach one bone to another

1. The head of a long bone.
2. A break or crack in bone
3. that cavity that contains bone marrow in the diaphysis of a long bone.
4. The formation of bone.
7. Comprising the upper and lower extremities, which include the shoulder girdle and pelvis.
8. axial skeleton, the part of the bony structure of the body that consists of the bones of the skull, the vertebral column, and the rib cage. The axial skeleton serves primarily to support and protect the heart, lungs, and central nervous system, which is made up of the brain and spinal cord
9. A cell that produces the fibers and matrix of a bone.
11. Substance secreted by synovial membranes that lubricates joints.
13. The basic histological unit compact bone, consisting of osteocytes organized around a central canal and separated by concentric lamellae.
14. a fibrocartilage pad between opposing surfaces in a joint.
17. A small sac filled with synovial fluid that cushions adjacent structures and reduces friction.
18. Dense bone containing parallel osteons. Diaphysis- The shaft of a long bone.