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Diaphysis |
Compact bone. Main shaft portion of long bone. |
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Epiphysis |
Located at end of long bone. |
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Epiphyseal Line |
Later of cartilage separating diaphysis and epiphysis. Allows bone to grow longwise. |
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Periosteum |
Fiberious membrane, covers surface of long bone. |
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Articular cartilage |
Joint surfaces |
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Medullary Cavity |
Contains yellow bone marrow |
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Spongy Bone |
Trabecular. Cancellius bone. Needle like to give strength to bone |
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Red Bone Marrow |
Spaces between trabeculae. |
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Osteoblast |
Produce bone tissue |
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Oateoclast |
Digests bone tissue |
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Osteocytes |
Mature bone cells |
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Ossification |
Process of bone formation. |
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Bone markings |
Features of bones. |
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Sulcus |
Groove or depression. |
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Sinus |
Opening or hallow space. |
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Fossa |
Hollow or shallow concave depression. |
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Foremen |
Hole within a bone for blood vessels or nerves to pass through. |
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Tuberocisty |
Elevates, broad, round-for muscle attachment. |
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Trochanter |
Larger process, at neck of femur. |
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Condyle |
Knuckle-like projection, usally for a into a fossa to form a joint |
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Crest |
Border or ridge. |
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Cranium |
Skull |
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Maxillae |
Upper jaw bone. |
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Mandible |
Lower jaw bone. |
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Coccyx |
Tailbone |
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True ribs |
Pair 1-7. Attaches to sternum and vertebrae. |
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False ribs |
Pair 8-10 attach to vertebrae and cartilage of 7th rib. |
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Floating ribs |
Pair 11 and 12 attach to vertebrae only. |
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Sternum |
Breast bone. |
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Clavicle |
Collarbone |
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Scapula |
Shoulder blade. |
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Humerous |
Long bone of upper arm. |
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Radius |
Lower arm bone and thumb side. |
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Ulna |
Lower arm bone on pinky side. |
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Olecranoid |
Elbow. |
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Carpals |
Bones of the wrist |
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Metacarpals |
Bones of the hand |
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Phalanges |
Fingers/toes |
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Pelvis |
Pelvis |
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Ilium |
Upper flared potion of hipbone Largest of three |
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Iliac crest |
Upper curved edge of opium. Flat bone. Good source of red bone marrow. |
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Symphysis Pubis |
Cartiligious joint connecting two pubic bones |
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Acetabulum |
Formed by ilium, ischium, and pubis. Connection point of femur and hip. |
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Femur |
Thighbone. Longest and strongest. |
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Patella |
Knee bone/cap. |
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Tibia |
Larger lower leg bone. Shin bone. |
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Fibula |
More slender of two lower leg bones. |
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Malleolus |
Distal and of tibia and fibia |
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Tarsals |
Ankle bones |
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Calcanous |
Heel bone |
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Metatarsals |
Foot bones. |
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Ankyl/o |
Stiff |
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Arth/o |
Joint |
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-blast |
Immature cell |
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Calc/o |
Calcium |
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-clast |
To break |
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Desis- |
To fuse |
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Gen/o |
To produce |
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Lamin/o |
Bridge of individual vertebrae |
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Mastoid/o |
Mastoid process (bump behind ear) |
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Orth/o |
Straight |
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Oste/o |
Bone |
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-physis |
Growth/growing |
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Rach/i |
Spinal column |
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Spondyl/o |
Vertebrae/ spinal column |
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Synovi/o |
Synovial fluid |
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Tempor/o |
Temporal |
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Vertebr/o |
Vertebrae |
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Osteomalacia |
Abnormal softening of the bone due to calcium deficiency and phosphorous in the blood. Rickets in children. |
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Malac/o -malacia |
Softening |
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Osteomylitis |
Local, generalized infection of the bone and bone marrow. Bacterial infection spreads to the bone tissue from blood. |
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Osteoporosis |
Porous bones that were once wrong and become fragile due to the loss of bone density. |
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Porr/o -porosis |
Porous, less dense. |
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Osteochondroma |
Most common benign bone tumor mostly in femur and tibia. |
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Chondr/I Chondr/o |
Cartilage |
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Pagets disease |
Nonmetabolic disease of the bone. Osteoitis deformans. Excessive bone destruction and unorganized bone formation by the osteoblasts. |
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Spinal sentosis |
Narrowing of vertebral column, nerve root canals, intervertebral foramina, causing pressure on nerve roots. |
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Scler/o |
Hardening |
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Talipes Equinovarous |
Clubfoot. |
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Kyphosis |
Outward curve. Humpback or hunchback. |
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Lordosis |
Inward curvature or swayback |
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Scoliosis |
Lateral curvature to left or right. |
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Closed facture |
Break in bone, not skin. Simple. |
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Open fracture |
Break in bone and skin. Compound. |
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Complete fracture |
Break through entire thickness of bone. |
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Incomplete fracture |
One side of bone broke and other is bent, but not broken. Greenstick fracture. |
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Compression fracture |
Bone surfaces being forces against eachother. |
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Impacted fracture |
Direct force for bone to break. Broken end of smaller bone into broken and of larger bone. |
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Comminuted fracture |
Splintered. |
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Colle's fracture |
Lower end of radius within one inch of of wrists bones. |
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Hairline fracture |
Minor, in which bone continues to be in perfect alignment. Stress fracture. |
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Pathologic fracture |
Bone Weakened by preexisting disease. |
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Fracture treatments |
Open and close reduction |