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Vetrinary Chapter 6
Bones
| What are the kinds of bones? | Short,Long,Flat,Irregular and seasmoid |
| examples of flat bones? | skull,pelvis,scapula and ribs |
| 3 regions of the long bone? | epiphysis,metaphysis and diaphysis |
| 5 fractures in animals? | Fissured,Greenstick,Transverse,Comminuted and Oblique |
| what are ligments? | connects 1 bone to another |
| tendons? | connects muscles to bones |
| what is the epiphysis? | portoin of the bone covered with articular cartilage |
| Diaphysis? | shaft of a long bone |
| what is the synovial? | thick tranparent fluid that is found in joints resembles egg whites |
| act of bending? | flexion |
| act of strecthing out? | extension |
| abduction | taking away from |
| adduction | taking towards |
| what is the endosteum? | membrane that lines the wall to medullary cavity |
| another name for shoulder joint? | scapulohumeral |
| Depressed area that is often found on the flat bone | Fossa |
| Two major categories of fractures? | simple and compound |
| Circumduction | carrying around |
| Vertebrae of the neck | cervical |
| digit on horse which bears weight | third |
| inflammation of a joint | arthritis |
| vertebrae associated with chest cavity | thoractic |
| vertebrae of the tail | coccygeal |
| space bewteen ribs | intercostal |
| fracture type in which numerous bone fragments occur | comminuted |
| knee of the horse | carpus |
| muscle group that reduces the angle of the joint | flexor |
| inflammation of all bone | panosteoitis |
| hip joint | coxofermoral |
| largest bone of the tarus | calcaneus |
| Surgical procedure used to correct a bone deformity | orthapedic |
| osteoblast | specilized cell that deposits calcium for bone formation |