Intro to skeletal system

These bones are thin, flat, and curved. They form the ribs, breastbone, and skull.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Long

• Short

bone-forming cell

• Osteoblast

• Osteoclast

• Osteocyte

• Osteon

Layer of bone tissue having many small spaces and found just inside the layer of compact bone.

• Spongy Bone

• Periosteum

• Epiphysis

• Articular Cartilage

shaft of a long bone

• Epiphysis

• Diaphysis

• Periosteum

• Epiphyseal Plate

blood cell formation

• Hemopoiesis

• Osteon

• Osteocyte

• Endochondral Ossification

Hard, dense bone tissue that is beneath the outer membrane of a bone

• Compact bone

• Spongy bone

• Epiphysis

• ossification

cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle

• Short bones

• Irregular bones

• Long bones

• Flat bones

Concentric rings made up of osteocytes

• Lamella(e)

• Lacuna

• Osteocyte

• Osteon

process in which bone forms by replacing hyaline cartilage

• Endochondrial Ossification

• appositional growth

• Epiphyseal Plate

• Hemopoiesis

WHICH ONE OF THESE IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE SKELETON?

• MAKES BLOOD CELLS

• GIVES SHAPE

• GIVES SUPPORT

• MAKES REPRODUCTIVE CELLS