week 1 vocabulary Worksheet

a type of joint that allows partial movement in which there is a cartilage disc between bony surfaces; also known as a cartilaginous joint.
girdles Pertaining to the portion of the skeleton made up of the bones of the limbs, including the bones of the pectoral and pelvic.
Type of hyaline connective tissue that covers the articulating surfaces of bones in a synovial joint.
Pertaining to the portion of the skeleton made up of the bones in the skull, spine and torso; includes the cranial, facial and hyoid bones, the sternum, ribs and the 33 vertebrae.
Pertaining to soft or spongy bone tissue.
Rounded projection at the end of a bone; usually articulates with another bone.
Pertaining to dense (compact) bone tissue
Shaft of a long bone.
Freely movable joint; also known as a synovial joint.
Bone projection just superior to the condyle of certain bones.
Growth plate of bones
End portion of a long bone.
Small, smooth, oval area on a bone.
Opening or hole in a bone
Saucer-like depression.
Small pit or depression in a bone.
Basic structural unit of compact bone.
Soft gelatinous material found in the spaces of spongy bone (red marrow) and filling the medullary cavity (yellow marrow).
Short channel or canal in a bone.
Hollow channel in the diaphysis of a long bone.
Basic structural unit of compact bone.
Basic structural unit of compact bone.
Projection from a bone.
Bones and connective tissues that form the framework that supports the body.
Cavity inside a structure, such as within a bone.
Type of joint that does not allow movement.