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cartilage
- "gristle"
- -Nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints
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efficient, practical
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ligament
"band, sheet"
-band of fibrous tissue connecting two strcutures
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muscle
- "muscle"
- - a tissue consisting of cells that can contract
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tendon
- "sinew"
- -fibrous band that connects muscle to bone
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cortex
- "bark"
- -outer portion of an organ, such as bone
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diaphysis
- "growing between"
- -shaft of a long bone
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Haversian canals
vascular canals in bone
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medulla
- "marrow"
- -central portion of a structure surrounded by cortex
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imperfecta
- "unfinished"
- - inherited condition when bone formation is incomplete, leading to fragile, easily broken bones
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-malacia
abnormal softness
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rickets
- "to twist"
- -diease due to vitamin D deficiency, producing soft, flexible bones
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DEXA
dual energy x-ray absorbtiometry
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FDA
food and drug administration
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break into pieces
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traction
- "to pull"
- -pulling or dragging force
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coccyx
- "coccyx"
- -small tailbone at the lowest end of the vertebral column
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lumbar
- "loin"
- -region of the back and sides between ribs and pelvis
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sacum
- "sacred"
- -segment of the vertebral column that forms part of the pelvis
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spine
- "spine"
- -vertebral column or a short projection from a bone
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vertebra
- "spinal joint"
- - one of the bones of the spinal column
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MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
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concha
- "spiral seashell"
- -shell shaped bone on the medial wall of the nasal cavity
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cranium
- "skull"
- -upper part of the skull that encloses and protects the brain
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ethm-oid
- sieve-resembling
- -bone that forms the back of the nose and encloses numerous air cells
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lacrim-al
- tears-pertianing to
- - forms part of the medial wall of the orbit,
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occipit-al
- back of the head-pertianing to
- -the back of the skull
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maxilla
- "jaw bone"
- - upper jaw bone, containg right and left maxilary sinuses
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palat-ine
- palate-pertaining to
- - bone that forms the hard palate and parts of the nose and orbits
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pariet-al
- wall-pertaining to
- - two bones forming side walls and roof of the cranium
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sphen-oid
- wedge-resemble
- - wedge-shaped bone at the base of the skull
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tempor-al
- time-pertaining to
- - bone that forms part of the base and sides of the skull
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TMJ
- temporomandibular joint
- -joint between the temporal bone and the mandible
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vomer
- "ploughshare"
- -lower nasal septum
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zygoma
- "yoke"
- -bone that forms the prominence of the cheek
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