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16 Cards in this Set
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Cartilage |
Latin: gristle Nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints |
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Chiropractic/or |
-ic: Pertaining to chir/o: hand -pract: efficient, practical -or: a doer diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the muskoskeletal system |
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detoxification |
-fication: remove de-: from, out of -toxi: poison Removing poison from a tissue or substance
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Ligament |
latin band, sheet Band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures |
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Muscle/ muskoskeletal |
A tissue consisting of cells that can contract
Pertaining to the muscles and the bony skeleton |
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Orthopedic |
orth/o: straight -ped: child Pertaining to the correction and cure of deformities and diseases of the muskoskeletal system; originally, most of the deformities treated were in children |
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Osteopath |
-path: disease oste/o: bone -pathy: disease Medical practice based on maintaining the balance of the body
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Tendon |
latin: sinew Fibrous band that connects muscle to bone |
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Cortex/cortical |
latin bark Outer portion of an organ, such as bone |
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Diaphysis |
Greek: growing between The shaft of a long bone |
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Epiphysis |
epi- upon, above -physis- growth expanded area at the proximal and distal ends of a long bone to provide increased surface area for attachment or ligaments and tendons |
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Haversian Canals |
Clopton Havers, English physician vascular canals in bone |
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Marrow |
Old English Fatty, blood-forming tissue in the cavities of long bones |
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Medulla |
Latin marrow central portion of a structure surrounded by cortex |
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periosteum |
-um: structure peri-: around -oste: bone strong membrane surrounding a bone |
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achondroplasia |
-plasia: formation a-: without -chondr/o: cartilage Condition with abnormal, early conversion of cartilage into bone, leading to dwarfism |
