Chapter review 14 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Diaphysis | The long shaft of the bone |
Epiphysis | Either end of a long bone |
Anomaly | Is a deviation from what is regarded as normal, especially Asa result of congenital defects |
Another name for joint | Articular |
Atrophy | Means a decreased in size of an organ ,or tissue |
Axial | The skull, spinal column, sternum, and rib |
Appendicular | free appendages and their attachments |
Periosteum | a tough fibrous membrane that surrounds a bone |
Voluntary Muscle | it is voluntary has a conscious control over movement |
Involuntary Muscle | Means it is not voluntary, or not under our conscious control |
Orthopedics | is the branch of medicine that specializes in the prevention and correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system. |
Pertaining to the Vertebrae | Vertebral |
Pertaining to the lower back | Lumbar vertebrae |
Referring to the sacrum | sacral vertebrae |
Flexion | the act of bending; being bent |
Extension | the movement by which the ends of a jointed part are pulled away from each other; a movement that brings the members of a limb into or tward a straight condition |
Adduction | the act of drawing toward the median plane |
Abduction | the act of drawing away from the median plane |
Flexors | any muscle that flexes a joint |
Extensors | any muscle that extends a joint |
Sondylitis | inflammation of the vertebrae |
Scoliosis | is lateral curvature of the spine, |
Ossification | is the formation of bone or a bony substance |
Calciuria | calcium in the urine |
Bones of the ankle | Tarsals |
Bones of the wrist | carpals |
Bones that connect wrist bones to the phalanges | Metacarpals |
A condition in which the joints are stiff | Ankylosis |
Ankylosis | Immobility of a joint |
Muscle weakness | Myasthenia |
Why are some ribs called floating ribs | there are the last two pair of false ribs, called floating ribs, are attached only on the posterior aspect |
closed fractures | incomplete, simple complete, simple |
Open fractures | Compound |
Myasthenia | muscle weekness |
Tail Bone | Coccyx |
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