MBlex Prep Review 2
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MBlex Prep Review 2
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1. both are necessary for healthy bones; without minerals bones would bend, without collagen bones would shatter.

2. 5 vertebrae in the lower back (L1-L5)
Image: Lumbar Vertebrae

3. Bones of the head, neck, trunk
Image: axial skeleton

4. The second cervical vertebra; allows head rotation (C2)
Image: axis

5. makes blood cells... found in spongy bones at the ends of long bones, and the center of other bones

6. Bone cells
Image: osteocytes

7. bony framework of the head - subdivided into the cranium and facial portion

8. Soft spots in the infant skull
Image: Fontanels

9. rounded, knoblike end separated from the rest of the bone by the neck

10. Cavities within skull; make skull lighter
Image: sinuses

11. the process of the conversion of cartilage to bone

12. Bones that are longer than they are wide (EX: Femur, Humerus)
Image: long bone

13. a depression on a bone surface

14. bone tissue, the hardest form of connective tissue

15. Bones of the ear (malleus, incus, stapes)
Image: Auditory Bones

16. large, multinucleated cells responsible for resorption ( the breakdown of bone tissue). develop from white blood cells. 'clasts cleave'

17. a distinct border or ridge, often rough (like over the top of the hip bone)

18. membrane covering bones - membrane's inner layer contains osteoblasts and osteoclasts

19. form channels across the bone, from one side of the shaft to the other, permitting the passage of blood vessels and veins

20. Hard, dense, exterior of a bone
Image: compact bone

21. Bones with irregular shapes (EX: Mandible, Vertebrae)
Image: irregular bone

22. a large projection of bone

23. Light, less dense interior of bone (made up of meshwork of small, bony plates filled w red marrow)
Image: spongy bone/ cancellous

24. Bones embedded in tendons (EX: Patella)
Image: sesamoid bone

25. build bone tissue 'blasts build'