Bone Anatomy, Joints & Connective Tissue

List the 5 different types of bones.

Describe long bones.

Describe short bones.

Describe flat bones.

Describe irregular bones.

Describe sesamoid bones.

Bones are not living connective tissue. True or False?

How many bones in an average child and how many in an average adult?

'Form follows function'. Is this statement True or False?

The stress applied to a bone, develops only the internal shape, not the external. True or False.

Bones need stress placed upon them to reach their full potential in both strength and size. True or False?

List the forces placed on bones.

Describe compression.

Describe tension.

Describe torsion.

Describe rotation.

Describe shear.

What happens when bones aren't stressed enough?

Describe compact bone.

What is the diaphysis?

What is the medullary cavity?

What are the epiphysis?

What is articular cartilage?

What is the periosteum?

What is the epiphyseal plate (a.k.a. the growth plate)?

What are the two types of bone marrow?

There are 11 functions of bones, grouped into three areas. List these areas.

List the four functions under mechanical.

List the function under synthetic.

List the functions under metabolic.

Bone is a dynamic tissue and is constantly being remodelled by the actions of osteoblast and osteoclasts. True or False?

Define ossification.

Define osteoblast.

Define osteoclast.

What is intramambranous ossification?

What is endochondral ossification?

Broadly the three types of joints found in human bodies are what?

What are two common synovial joints?

Describe a fibrous joint.

Describe a cartilaginous joint.

What are two common synovial joints?

Describe a synovial joint.

What are the joints that allow the most movement?

What is a bursa?

Define articulation.

Define condyle.

Define crest.

Define diaphysis.

Define epicondyle.

Define facet.

Define foramen.

Define fossa.

Define head.

Define malleolus.

Define sinus.

Define spine.

Define suture.

Define tubercle.

Define tuberosity.

Define trochanter.

There are four primary tissue types in the human body. List them.

What are the connective tissue of the skeletal system?

Summarise embryonic connective tissue.

Summarise adult connective tissue.

Describe muscle tissue.

Describe nervous tissue.

Describe epithelial tissue.

What differentiates connective tissue from the rest?