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85 Cards in this Set
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appendage
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any body part attached to a main structure |
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articulation
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place of union between two or more bones; also called a joint |
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cancellous |
latticelike arrangement of bony plates occurring at the ends of long bones |
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cruciate ligaments |
ligaments that cross each other, forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles |
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hematopoiesis |
production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow
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Skeletal Muscles |
voluntary, striated muscles |
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Cardiac Muscle |
found only in the heart. it is striated, but produces rhythmic involuntary contractions |
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Smooth Muscle |
involuntary (visceral) muscles, found in visceral organs, walls of arteries and respiratory passages, and controlled by autonomic (involuntary) nervous system |
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Short Bones |
Ex. bones of ankles, wrist, toes |
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Irregular bones
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flat bones |
provide broad surfaces for muscular attachment; skull, shoulder blades, sternum
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long bones |
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osteoblasts |
bone-forming cells |
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fontanel
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soft spot that lies between cranial bones; allows fetus to move through birth canal |
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frontal bone
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forms the anterior portion of the skull (forehead) |
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parietal bone |
situated on each side of the skull behind the frontal bone. form upper sides and roof of cranium |
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occipital bone |
forms the back and base of the skull |
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two temporal bones |
each side of skull, form lower cranium |
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mastoid process |
provides a point of attachment for several neck muscles |
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sphenoid bone |
middle part of the base of the skull, forms central wedge that joins with all other cranial bones |
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ethmoid bone |
forms the bony area between the nasal cavity and parts of the orbits of the eyes |
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ankyl/o |
stiffness, bent, crooked |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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kyph/o |
humpback |
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lamin/o |
lamina |
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lord/o |
curve, swayback |
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myel/o |
bone marrow; spinal cord |
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orth/o |
straight |
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oste/o
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bone |
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ped/i |
foot; child
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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acromi/o |
acromion |
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brachi/o |
arm |
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carp/o |
wrist bone (carpus) |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cervic/o |
neck; cervix uteri |
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clavicul/o
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clavicle |
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cost/o
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ribs |
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dactyl/o |
fingers; toes |
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ili/o |
ilium |
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ischi/o |
ischium |
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lumb/o |
loins (lower back) |
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metatars/o |
metatarsus (foot bones) |
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patell/o |
patella (kneecap) |
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pod/o
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foot |
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pub/o |
pelvis bone |
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radi/o |
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
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vertebr/o |
vertebrae |
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stern/o
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sternum |
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tibi/o |
tibia |
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leiomy/o |
smooth muscle |
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my/o |
muscle |
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rhabd/o |
rod-shaped |
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rhabdomy/o |
rod-shaped muscle |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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fasci/o |
band, fascia, |
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fibr/o |
fiber, fibrous tissue |
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synov/o |
synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
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tend/o tendin/o |
tendon |
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-asthenia |
weakness, debility |
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-clast |
to break; surgical fracture |
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-desis
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binding, fixation of a bone or joint |
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-malacia
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softening |
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-physis
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growth |
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-porosis |
porous |
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-sarcoma |
malignant tumor of connective tissue |
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supra-
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above, excess, superior |
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syn- |
union, together, join |
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closed (simple) fracture |
one in which the bone is broken but no external wound exists |
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open (compound) fracture |
involves a broken bone and an external wound that leads to the site of the fracture |
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complicated fracture |
broken bone has injured an internal organ |
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comminuted fracture |
bone has broken or splintered into pieces |
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impacted fracture |
bone is broken and one end is wedge into the interior of another bone |
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incomplete fracture |
the line of fracture does not completely transverse the entire bone |
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greenstick fracture (incomplete fracture) |
when the broken bone does not extend through the entire thickness of the bone; one side is broken and one side is bent |
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Colles fracture
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break at the lower end of the radius, occurs just above the wrist |
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Hairline fracture |
minor fracture in which all portions of the bone are in perfect alignment |
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osteomyelitis
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bone infection
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paget disease
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chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in thickening and softening of bones
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scoliosis
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caused by chronic poor posture during childhood while the vertebrae are still growing; abdnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
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kyphosis
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humpback, abnormal curvature of the upper portion |
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lordosis |
inward curvature of the spine in lower region; also called swayback |
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arthritis |
inflammation of a joint |
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