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What are the two divisions of the skeletal system?
Axial
Appendicular
What division of the skeletal system do cranial, facial, chest, spinal column belong to?
Axial
What structures belong to the appendicular division?
Appendages attached to trunk
- Shoulder girdle
-bones of arm and hands
- pelvic girdle
- Bones of legs
-bones of feet and ankles
What is ossification?
Bone Formation
What are progenitor cells that mature into osteocytes?
Osteoblasts
what is mature bone cell?
Osteocyte
what is the shaft of a long bone called?
Diaphysis
What is an epiphysis?
ends of bone
What is the thin membrane covering the bone?
periosteum
what is the inner membrane layer of a bone that surrounds the medullar cavity and contributes to bone growth and repair?
Endosteum
What is the middle of the shaft that contains bone marrow called?
Medullary Cavity
What are the fibrous membranes that join the cranial bones?
Sutures
What ribs are considered Costae verae (true ribs)?
ribs 1-7
What are ribs eight nine and 10 called?
Costa fluctuantes (False ribs)
What are the costae spuriae?
floating ribs (11 and 12)
what is the term used for fingers?
Phalanges
What is the term for beyond wrist?
metacarpals
Boney protuberance on distal end of tibia?
medial malleolus
Boney protuberance on distal end of Fibula?
Lateral malleolus
What is the term used for heal bone?
Calcaneus
Where are the tarsal bones located?
Foot
What type of joint has no movement?
Synarthrosis
What is a joint with little movement called?
Amphiarthrosis (ex. vertebrae)
What type of joint has free movement?
Diarthrosis / Synovial
What is connective tissue that enables movement?
Cartilage
Term for the tear of a ligament>
Sprain
What is the act of setting a fracture called?
Reduction
What is a loss of bone mass called?
Osteoporosis
What is a cartilage tumor called?
Chondrosarcoma
What is the gradual disintegration of joint cartilage called?
Osteoarthritis
Cheir/o = ?
hand
Dactyl/o =
Finger, toe
Myel/O =
Bone marrow
Spondyl/O =
Vertebrae
What do the llium, pubis, and ischeum make up?
Os Coxae
What is bone tissue called?
osseous
What is athrocentesis?
removal of fluid from joints
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Medical Terminology CH 5
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2012-11-18T19:20:43Z
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