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What part of the long bone protects articulating surface?
Articular cartilage, also called hyaline cartilage, is the smooth, glistening white tissue that covers the surface of all the freely moveable joints, such as the knee and shoulder, in the human body.
What is the function of knee cap?
The patella, also known as the knee cap or knee pan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
What is a shallowing basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface?
fossa
A smooth rounded end of a bone is called?
A smooth rounded end of the bone is called a condyle.
What is the madical term for the kneecap?
The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
What is the surface of a bone covered with a thick fibrous membrane?
the periosteum covers the bone everywhere there is not articular cartilage
What do you call the oily fluid at the ends of the bone?
synovial fluid is present.it lubricates the articular surface
A shallow basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface is a?
A shallow basin-like depression in a bone that often serves as an articular surface is called a fossa. These depressions allow for articulation and movement between bones in the skeletal system.
Which axial skeletal bone has a small flat articular surface?
The axis (second cervical vertebra) has a small flat articular surface called the odontoid process or dens which articulates with the atlas (first cervical vertebra) to allow for rotation of the head.
Definition of facet?
In anatomy, a facet is a classification of bones according to their bone surface features. A facet is a small, flat, articular surface.
Where is dense connective tissue found on the surface of the long bone?
cartilage is dense connective tissue and the cartilage of the long bone is articular hyaline cartilage, located on the outer surface of the articulating portion of the long bone.
What does the patella protect?
It protects the articular cartliage.
