| A | B |
|---|
| Axial Skeleton | The skull and the bones that support it. |
| Axial Skeleton | Vertebral Column, the ribs, and the sternum |
| Appendicular Skeleton | The bones of the arms and legs and structures associalted with them. |
| Appendicular Skeleton | Shoulder, hip bones, wrists, ankles, fingers and toes |
| Joints | Place where two or more bones meet |
| Ligament | Tough band of tissue that attaches one bone to another |
| Bursae | Fluid filled sacs in the joints that act as a shock absorber |
| Tendons | Thick bands of tissue that attach muscles to bone. |
| Hinge Joint | Joints found in the elbows, knees and fingers and toes |
| Ball and Socket Joiunt | Joints of the hips and shoulders |
| Pivot Joints | Joints that allow bones to twist such as the neck and elbow |
| Gliding Joints | Joints found in the wrists and ankles that allow bones to slide past each other |
| Suture Joints | The joints in the skull |
| Compact Bone | The layer of hard bone surrounding every bone |
| Spongy Bone | The less dense bone filled with many holes and spaces. |
| Osteocytes | Living bone cells |
| Osteoblast | Potential bone cells |
| Red Marrow | Production site for blood cells |
| Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and Platelets | Types of blood cells |
| Yellow marrow | How fat is stored in bones |
| Calcium and Phosphate | Minerals stored in the bone |
| About 20 years old | Age when 98% of skeletal growth is complete |
| Osteoclasts | old bone cells- break down bone to release calcium into the bloodstream |
| Red Blood Cell | Carry oxygen |
| White Blood Cell | Fight infection |
| Platelets | Repair blood vessels |
| Arthritis | Disease that is the inflammation of the joints |
| Osteoporosis | The thinning and weakening of bones causing them to become brittle |
| Growth in Length and Diameter | Bones grow in both ___ and ___ |
| Cartilage | In movable joints the ends of the bones are covered with a layer of |
