Medical Terminology Musculoskeletal System

Front 1

acetabulum

Back 1

Rounded depression, or socket, in the pelvis that joins the femur, joining the hip

Front 2

acromion

Back 2

Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder. It overlies the shoulder joint and articulates with the clavicle

Front 3

articular cartilage

Back 3

Thin layer of cartilage covering the bone in the joint space

Front 4

Bone depression

Back 4

Opening or hollow region serving as a connectjon for bones, or passageways for blood vessels and nerves. Examples are fissure, foramen, fossa, and sinus

Front 5

bone

Back 5

Dense, hard connective tissue composing the skeleton. Examples are long bones, short bones, flat bones, and sesamoid bones.

Front 6

bone process

Back 6

Enlarged area that extends from bones as an attachment for muscles,. tendons and ligaments. Examples are bone head, condyle, epicondyle, trochanter, tubercle, and tuberosity.

Front 7

calcuim

Back 7

One of the mineral constituents of bone, Calcium phosphate is the major calcium salt in bones.

Front 8

cancellous bones

Back 8

Spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of a bone

Front 9

Cartilage

Back 9

Flexible, rubbery connective tissue. It is found in the immature skeleton at eh epiphyseal growth plate and on joint surfaces

Front 10

collagen

Back 10

Dense connective tissue protein strands found in bone and other tissues

Front 11

compact bones

Back 11

hard dense bone tissue usually found around the outer portion of bones

Front 12

cranial bones

Back 12

skull bones ethmoid frontal occipotal parietal sphenoid and temporal

Front 13

diaphysis

Back 13

shaft, or mid-portion of a long bone

Front 14

disk

Back 14

flat round plate like structure. An intervertebral disk is a fibrocartilaginouis substance between two vertebrae

Front 15

epiphyseal plate

Back 15

cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones where lengthwise growth take place in the immature skeleton

Front 16

epiphysis

Back 16

Each end of a long bone the area beyond the epiphyseal plate

Front 17

facial bones

Back 17

bones of the face lacrimal mandibular maxilary nasal vomer and zygomatic

Front 18

fontanelle

Back 18

soft spot between the skull bones of an infant

Front 19

foramen magnum

Back 19

opening of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes