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