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Bones and Joints
Bones and joints
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5 functions of bones | Firm frame work, protect the brain and spinal cord, provides movement, stores calcium and salts, and produces blood cells in the red marrow |
| Compact bones | Makes up the shaft of a long bone, are very hard with few spaces |
| Spongy bone | Makes up the interior of the epiphyses of long bones, makes up the center of short bones, and is a meshwork of small, bony plates |
| Red marrow | Found in the spaces of spongy bone, site of blood cell synthesis |
| Yellow marrow | Composed largely of fat, found in the shaft of a long bone |
| The shaft of a long bone | Diaphysis |
| The tough connective tissue membrane that covers bones | Periosteum |
| The end of a long bone | Epiphysis |
| The type of bone tissue found at the end of long bones | Spongy bone |
| The thin membrane that lines the central cavity of long bones | Endostum |
| The hollow portion of a long bone containing yellow marrow | Medullary cavity |
| A cell that resorbs bone matrix | Ostoclast |
| A mature bone cell that is completely surrounded by hard bone tissue | Osteocyte |
| A cell that builds bone tissue | Osteoblast |
| An excessive concave curvature of the thoracic spine | Kyphosis |
| A lateral curvature of the vertebral column | Scoliosis |
| A mild reduction in bone density levels | Osteopenia |
| A bone infection caused by pus-producing bacteria | Osteomyelites |
| A common disorder in older women resulting from abnormal bone metabolism | Osteoporosis |
| A malignant tumor originating on cartilage | Chondrosarcoma |
| An excessive lumbar curve | Lordosis |
| A movement that increases the angle between two bones | Extension |
| Movement away from the midline of the body | Abduction |
| Motion around a central axis | Rotation |
| A bending motion that decreases the angle between two parts | Flexion |
| Movement toward the midline of the body | Adduction |
| The act of turning the palm up or forward | Supination |
| The act of pointing the toes downward | Plantar flexion |
| Another name for degenerative joint disease | Osteoarthritis |
| Arthritis caused by overproduction of uric acid | Gout |
| A crippling inflammatory disease of joints | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Joint inflammation caused by bacteria | Septic Arthritis |
| The removal of excess of the excess fluid from the joint cavity | Arthrocentesis |
| An instrument to identify and repair joint problems | Arthroscope |
| Joint replacement | Arthroplasty |
| -penia | Lack of |
| -clast | Break |
| cost/o | rib |
| amphi- | on both sides |
| arthr/o | Joint/articulation |
| ab | away from |
| circum | around |
| ad | toward, added to |
| dia- | through, between |
| pariet/o | wall |
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