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Skeletal System 12
The Skeletal System Vocab LPN
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articular System | the system of the body involving articulations (joints) |
| Articulation | a connection of bones; joints |
| bursa | a pad-like sac or cavity located near a join and filled with fluid |
| cartilage | a type of dense, connective tissue consisting of cells embedded in a matrix which is firm, compact and capable of withstanding pressure and tension |
| circumference | the measurement around an article |
| collagen | a fibrous protein found in connective tissue |
| diaphysis | the shaft of a long bone |
| epiphysis | the end of a long bone |
| ligament | a band of fibrous connective tissue connection tissue connecting bones, cartilages, and other structures and serving for support or for attachment of fascia or muscles |
| os | bone |
| ossicle | small bone |
| osteology | the study of bones |
| periosteum | the membrane that covers all long bones |
| process | a prominence or projection of a bone |
| skeletal system | the system of the body involving the bones, joints, and their attachments |
| Red Bone Marrow | found in cancellous tissue produces blood cells and hemoglobin |
| Yellow Bone Marrow | Found in medullary canal contains mostly fat cells, few or no blood cells Does not play a part in blood production |
| Cancellous bone tissue | (soft or spongy bone) More Porous, Marrow can be stored here, found inside compact bone, more light weight, blood vessels and nerves pass throughout this tissue |
| trabeculae | large pores |
| Primary Bone Minerals | Calcium & Phosphorous |
| comprises 35% of the bone (by weight) and provides bone tissue reinforcement | Organic Collagen |
| articular cartilage | the bone tissue making up the outer layer of the epiphysis |
| cancellous bone | lightweight, spongy bone |
| diaphysis | the long, hollow center portion of the bone made of hard and spongy bone and containing the medullary canal |
| epiphysis | the knobby ends of the bone that are part of connecting joints and are made of hard and solid bone |
| medullary cavity | the hollow core of long bones where marrow is stored |
| periosteum | the fibrous tissue covering the outer layer of bones |
| red marrow | marrow used in the production of blood cells |
| yellow marrow | fat-filled marrow |
| condyle | a rounded projection that enters into formation of a joint |
| head | a rounded projection beyond a narrow neckline portion |
| tubercle | a small, rounded projection |
| tuberosity | a large, rounded projection |
| trochanter | a very large process |
| spinous process or spine | a sharp projection |
| crest | a ridge |
| foramen | a hole |
| meatus | a tube-shaped opening |
| fossa | a hollow or depression |
| sinus | a cavity or spongelike space in a bone which is mucous-lined and filled with air spaces |
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