Musculoskeletal system med term

ossification is...

• replacement of bone with cartilage

• replacement of bone with tendons

• replacement of cartilage with bone

• replacement of ligaments with bone

produces immature bony tissue that replaces cartilage

• osteoclast

• osteoblast

• osteocyte

• osteoporosis

nourishes and maintains bone

• osteoporosis

• osteoclast

• osteocyte

• osteoblast

reabsorbs or digests bone (remodels)

• osteocyte

• osteoclast

• osteoblast

• osteoporosis

shaft

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• metaphysis

• cancellous

means "end"

• epiphysis

• diaphysis

• metaphysis

• cancellous

conelike portion between end and shaft

• epiphysis

• metaphysis

• diaphysis

• cancellous

-listhesis

• softening

• hardening

• slipping

• curving

-clast

• to cut

• to soften

• to break

• to bend

-physis

• to cut

• to soften

• to break

• to grow

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-7