Skeletal System (AP)

A disease that causes brittle, fragile bones

Degenerative joint disease

Hyaline cartilage in long bones where bone elongation happens. Also known as the epiphyseal plate

Places in the skeletal system where bones meet other bones. Some joints are movable, and some are immovable because the bones are fused together

Point of articulation that allows for abduction, adduction, circumduction, and rotation.

Joints, such as those between the plates of the skull, that do not allow motion​​​​​​​

A tough connective tissue that attaches bone to bone

The kind of connective tissue that protects bone in articulating joints

The primary structural protein of connective tissue

Tubular structures that make up compact bone

A joint that allows for flexion and extension of the more distal bone along only one plane

Bone containing densely packed osteons that make up the peripheral layer of bone

star-shaped cells that maintain bone and are able to sense physical stresses

Microscopic pits in bones that contain osteocytes and connect to each other within an osteon by way of canaliculi

A thin layer that surrounds bone and is the surface for attachment of tendons and ligaments

Cells that remove bone

Cells that build bone

The contracting muscle in the pair of muscles that is involved in a given movement; also called the agonist

The relaxed muscle in the pair of muscles that is involved in a given movement

Which of the following are considered short bones?​​​​​​​

Which of the following best describes the purpose of hyaline cartilage in the skeletal system?​​​​​​​

Which of the following best explains the cause of osteoporosis?​​​​​​​