| A | B |
| epiphyses | ends of a long bone |
| diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
| periosteum | connective tissue membrane that covers the diaphysis |
| endosteum | connective tissue membrane that lines the medullary cavity |
| medullary cavity | hollowed area in the diaphysis |
| articular cartilage | the covering of teh epiphyses |
| yellow bone marrow | fat inside the medullary cavity |
| red bone marrow | blood cell producing tissue in the epiphyses |
| Haversian canals | passageways in compact bone for blood vessels and nerves |
| ossification | bone formation and growth |
| osteoblasts | immature bone cells that produce and secrete matrix |
| osteocytes | mature bone cells |
| osteoclasts | cells that breakdown bone |
| atlas | first cervical vertebra |
| axis | second cervical vertebra |
| symphysis pubis | cartilage that holds pubes bones together |
| xiphoid process | cartilage on the tip of the sternum |
| mastoid process | spongy bone in the temporal bone |
| olecranon process | bump on the ulna that makes the elbow |
| iliac crest | ridge of bone on superior aspect of the pelvis |
| trochanter | rounded projection on a bone |
| tuberosity | squared projection on a bone |
| condyle | knuckle like projection on a bone |
| foramen | hole in a bone |
| fossa | a depression on a bone |
| sulcus | groove in a bone |
| sinus | hollowed area in a bone |
| flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones |
| extension | increasing the angle between two bones |
| abduction | moving away from midline of the body |
| adduction | moving toward the midline of the body |
| rotation | moving around an axis |
| origin | the more stationary bone that a muscle is attached to |
| insertion | the more moveable bone that a muscle is attached to |
| bursa | a small sac of fluid that lies between a tendon and a bone |
| tendon | connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
| ligament | connective tissue that connects bone to bone |
| joint cavity | the area between 2 bones in a diarthrotic joint |
| joint capsule | the connective tissue that holds the 2 bones together in a diarthrotic joint |
| synovial membrane | the lining of the joint capsule that secretes a fluid that lubricates a diarthrotic joint |