Chap 20 Vocab quiz

a living bone cell

• osteocyte

• cartilage

• sebum

• matrix

the process of converting cartilage tissue into bone

• ossification

• connective tissue

• epithelial tissue

• keratin

the point of attachment of a muscle's tendon to a more stationary bone.

• origin

• fascicle

• tendon

• ligament

the point of attachment of a muscle's tendon to a more movable bone

• insertion

• tendon

• ligament

• fascicle

the point where two bones come together

• joint

• tendon

• muscle fiber

• ligament

a band of connective tissue that holds a joint together

• ligament

• joint

• tendon

• diaphysis

a muscle cell

• muscle fiber

• tendon

• ligament

• actin

one of the functional fiber within a muscle that causes contraction by the movement of actin and myosin filaments

• myofibril

• diaphysis

• sarcomere

• origin

One of the two types of protein found in muscle fibers

• myosin

• ligament

• tendon

• periosteum

a dark brown or black pigment

• melanin

• matrix

• physiology

• histology