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Anatomy

Skeletal system

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Tibia The front bone in the leg.
Canaliculi A small canal or duct in the body, as one of the minute channels in compact bone.
Callus a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
Osteoporosis a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture,
Arthiritis inflammation of a joint
ACL Injury When the knee gives in, and no longer supports the wieght of the body
Scoliosis an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Rickets softening of the bones
Blount's disease Bowing of the legs in children due to a growth disturbance in the proximal tibial epiphysis.
Sprain injure without fracture or dislocation
Kyphosis an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
Pedicle a small stalk or stalk like support
Body the thick bart of the vertabre
Axial Skeleton the skeleton that only includes the trunk of the body and not the arms and legs
Cervical vertibrae the bones of the neck that go into the head
Thoricic vertibrae the bones where your ribs would be
lumbar vertibrae the bones on your lower back
coccyx tail bone
maxilla top lip
mandable bottom lip
sternum chest plate
ribs bones that hold your lungs and upper body organs
humerous the bone in the upper arm
radius the bone on the side of your thumb
ulna the bone on the side of your pinkey
carpals wrist
metacarpals the bones between your wrist and knuckles
phalanges finger tips
femur the thigh bone
patella knee cap
tibia the front leg bone
fibula the smaller leg bone
tarsals the ankle
metatarsals the bones connecting the ankle to the toes
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