Anatomy 7-7.2 Vocab

acetabul-

vinegar cup

ax-

axis

-blast

bud

carp-

wrist

-clast

break

condyl-

knob

corac-

a crow’s beak

fov-

pit

glen-

joint socket

inter-

among, between

intra-

inside

meat-

passage

odont-

tooth

pole-

make, produce

osteoblast

bone-forming cell

osteoclast

cell that breaks down bown tissue

intervertebral disc

fibrocartilage structure between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae

Intramembranous bone

Bone that forms from membrane-like layers of primitive connective tissue

hematopoiesis

Production of blood cells from dividing stem and progenitor cells.

epiphysis

Either end of a long bone.

articular cartilage

Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints.

diaphysis

Shaft of a long bone

periosteum

Dense connective tissue covering the surface of a bone.

compact bone

Dense bone tissue in which cells are organized in osteons without apparent spaces; cortical bone.

spongy bone

Bone that consists of bars and plates separated by irregular spaces; also called cancellous bone.

trabecula

Branching bony plate that separates irregular spaces within spongy bone

lacuna

Small chamber or cavity.

lamella

Layer of matrix surrounding the central canal of an osteon.

canaliculus

Microscopic canal that connects lacunae of bone tissue.