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What is the outer covering of the bone?
Periosteum
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What kind kind of joint movement occurs at the knee when moving from a sitting to standing position?
Extension
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What is the main reason for applying a cast around a fracture?
Immobilize the bone
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Bones are composed of microscopic cells that are called what?
Osteocytes
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What is the fluid that reduces the friction during joint movement?
Synovial fluid
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A tree falls on Megan's leg, causing a bone injury, but DOES NOT completely separate the bone. What is the disorder Megan now has?
Greenstick fracture
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What is dense bone?
Compact bone
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What type of joint allows the greatest freedom of movement?
Ball-and-socket joints
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Beth fell out of a tree and broke her clavicle. The bone injury is called a...?
Fracture
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What is Porous bone?
Spongy bone
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What is the movable skull bone that helps with chewing?
Mandible
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What is called when your break a bone through the skin?
Compound fracture
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What is the process of blood cell formation in the red bone marrow of bones is called?
Hemopoiesis
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What is the areas where cranial bones join together to from immovable joints?
Fontanels
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