Unit 3 Vocabulary Skeletal System

consists of the scapula, clavicle, pelvis, and arm and leg bones

• appendicular skeleton

• axial skeleton

• trunk

• extremities

consists of the skull, vertebra, and thoracic cage

• appendicular skeleton

• axial skeleton

• trunk

• extremities

opposing processes of deposition and resorption that adjust the shapes and proportions of bones during the growth process

• osteocytes

• ossification

• bone remodeling

• growth plate

term for spongy bone

• diaphysis

• cortical bone

• epiphysis

• cancellous bone

term for compact bone

• cancellous bone

• diaphysis

• cortical bone

• epiphysis

the shaft of a long bone

• medullary cavity

• diaphysis

• cortical bone

• epiphysis

a disorder of structure or function

• torque

• trauma

• disease

• injury

 bone tissue formation in which a hyaline cartilage structure is replaced by bone tissue causing formation of all bones with the exception of skull bones and clavicles

• intramembranous ossification

• endochondral ossification

• articulation

• hematopoeisis

plate of hyaline cartilage located in the epiphyses – growth region of long bones

• elasticity

• epiphyseal plate

• diaphyseal plate

• periosteum

ends of a long bone

• epiphysis

• diaphysis

• hyaline cartilage

• medullary cavity