An Illustrated Guide To Veterinary Medical Terminology, Amundson Chapter 3

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Ossification

Back 1

Formation of bone from fibrous tissue, continues until maturity

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osteoblasts

Back 2

oste/o=bone, blasts=immature;
immature bones that produce bony tissue

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osteoclasts

Back 3

oste/o=bone, -clasts=break;
eat away bony tissue from mrdullary cavity of bone

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-malacia

Back 4

abnormal softening

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-sclerosis

Back 5

abnormal hardening

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Cartilage

Back 6

form of connective tissue, more elsatic than bone

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chondr/o

Back 7

combining form of cartillage

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Articular cartilage

Back 8

type of cartilage, covers joint surfaces of bone

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meniscus

Back 9

curved fibrous cartilage found in some joints

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Synarthroses

Back 10

Joints that allow no movement

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ampiarthroses

Back 11

Joints that allow slight movement

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diarthroses

Back 12

Joints that allow free movement

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suture

Back 13

jagged line where bones join anf form a nonmovable joint, usually in skull

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fontanelle

Back 14

soft spot at suture junction, ususally closes after birth

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symphysis

Back 15

joint where two bones join, held firmly together to function as one bone
=cartilaginous joint

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cartilaginous joint

Back 16

symphysis

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pubic symphysis

Back 17

fusion of pelvic halfes

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Synovial joints

Back 18

diarthroses, ball or socket joints

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Arthrodial Joint

Back 19

=condyloid joimt;
joinys with oval projections that fit into a socket, example: carpal joints

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Trochoid Joints

Back 20

pulley-shaped joints, example:conncetion between atlas and axis

Front 21

Hinge Joints

Back 21

alllow motion in one plane/sirection, example: canine stifle and elbow joints

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Gliding Joints

Back 22

move/glide over each other;
example: radioulnar joint, articulating process between successive vertebrae

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saddle joint

Back 23

primates only located in carpometacarpal joint of thumb, allows to flexm extend, addubt, abduct, circumduct thumb

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ligament

Back 24

band of fibrous nective tissue, connect bones to each other

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Ligament/o

Back 25

combining form for ligament

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tendon

Back 26

band of fibrous tissue, connects muscle to bone

Front 27

ten/o,tend/o, tendin/o

Back 27

combining forms of tendon

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bursa

Back 28

fibrous sack, acts as cushion to ease movement in area of friction, example: inside shoulder joint;
pl: bursae

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burs/0

Back 29

combining form of bursa

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synovial membrane

Back 30

inner lining of bursae adn synovial joints; secrets synovial fluid, acts as lubricant for smooth joint movement

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axial skeleton

Back 31

framework of body, includes skull, autitory ossicles, hyoid bones, vertebral column, ribs, sternum

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appendicular skeleton

Back 32

framework of body; extremeties, shoulders, pelvic girdle

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cranium

Back 33

portion of skull that encloses brain; consist of frontal, parietal, occipital, Foramen, temporalm sphenoid,ethmoid, incisive, pterygoid

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frontal

Back 34

part of Cranium, root of cranial cavity

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parietal

Back 35

part of cranium,paired bones that form roof of caudal cranial cavity

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occipital

Back 36

part of cranium, forms caudal aspect of cranial cavity where opening for spinal cord is located

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magnum

Back 37

large

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Foramen

Back 38

part of cranium, opemimg in bone through which tissue passes

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temporal

Back 39

part of cranium, paired bones that form sides and base of cranium

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sphenoid

Back 40

part of cranium, paired bones that form part of base of skull, parts of floor/sides of boney eye socket

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ethmoid

Back 41

part of cranium, forms rostral part of cranial cavity

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incisive

Back 42

part of cranium, foms rostral part of hrad plate and lower edge of nares

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pterygoid

Back 43

part of cranium, forms lateral wall of nasopharynx

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sinues

Back 44

air-or fluid filled spaces in skull

Front 45

brachycephalic

Back 45

dogs with short wide heads, pugd, pekingese

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dolichocephalic

Back 46

dogs that have narrow, long heads, collie, greyhound

Front 47

mesocephalic or mesaticephalic

Back 47

dogs that have average width to their heads, Labrador retrievers

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zygomatic

Back 48

projections from the temporal and frontal bones to cheekbones

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maxilla

Back 49

upper jaw

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mandible

Back 50

lower jaw

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palatine

Back 51

forms part of hard plate

Front 52

lacrimal

Back 52

forms medial part of orbit

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incisive

Back 53

rostral part of the hrad plate and lower edges of nares

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nasal

Back 54

forms the bridge of the nose

Front 55

vomer

Back 55

forms base of nasal septum

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nasal spetum

Back 56

cartilaginous structure that divides two nasal cavities

Front 57

hyoid

Back 57

bone suspended between manible and laryngopharynx