Tag: bones and movements

First cervical vertebra is called atlas. Second cervical vertebra is known as axis. The atlas supports the head. Axis has a peg like process called Odontoid  process / Dens.

Endosteum is a thin single layer of epithelium, lines the marrow or medullarycavity.

Sella turcica or Turkish saddle' is a depression in the Hoar of the mammalian skull in the sphenoid (Basi sphenoid) bone in which the pituitary body is lodged.

The four coccygeal vertebrae fuse together in adult to form a single small triangular bone called coccyx. It articulates with the tip of the sacrum.

Ends of long bones are covered with cartilage` Ends of long bones takes Part in forming the joint so the ends are covered by hyaline cartilage (articular cartilage).

Tympanic bone is a hollow, flask shaped bone. Its main swollen part called tympanic bulla.

Sella turcica or the Turkish saddle' is a depression in the floor of the mammalian skull in the sphenoid (Basi sphenoid) bone in which the pituitary body is lodged.

Within the matrix of the compact bone of the shaft of long mammalian bones. (like humerus, femur, tibia), a network of branching canals (called haversian canals) is present in which lie the blood vessels.

Synsacrum is a composite bone in birds which consists of about 16 fused vertebrae of different regions.

Humerus is differentiated into three parts head, shaft and lower end. Shaft has a V-shaped deltoid ridge, at its middle.