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MA 1 UNIT 2
VOCAB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACROMIUM | OUTWARD EXTENSION OF THE SHOULDER BONE |
| ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE ARTHRITIS WITH STIFFENING OF JOINTS, PRIMARILY OF THE SPINE |
| ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS |
| ARTICUALR CARTILAGE | THIN LAYER OF CARTILAGE AT THE ENDS OF LONG BONES |
| ARTICULATION | JOINT |
| BURSA; BURSAE | SACS OF FLUID AROUND A JOINT |
| CANCELLOUS BONE | SPONGY, POROUS BONE TISSUE |
| CARTILAGE | FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| COMPACT BONE | HARD, DENSE BONE TISSUE |
| CONDYLE | KNUCKLE-LIKE PROCESS AT THE END OF A BONE, NEAR THE JOINT |
| DIAPHYSIS | SHAFT OF A LONG BONE |
| DISLOCATION | DISPLACEMENT OF A BONE FROM ITS JOINT |
| EPIPHYSIS | END OF A LONG BONE |
| FONTANELLE | SOFT SPOT ON AN INFANT'S SKULL |
| FORAMEN | OPENING IN BONES WHERE BLOOD VESSELS & NERVES ENTER & LEAVE |
| FRACTURE | SUDDEN BREAK OF A BONE |
| HAVERSIAN CANAL | MINUTE SPACES FILLED WITH BLOOD VESSELS, FOUND IN COMPACT BONE |
| INTERVERTEBRAL DISK | A FIBROCARTILAGE SUBSTANCE BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE |
| JOINT | THE POINT AT WHICH 2 BONES COME TOGETHER |
| LIGAMENT | CONNECTIVE TISSUE BINDING BONES TO OTHER BONES |
| OLECRANON | LARGE PROCESS FORMING THE ELBOW |
| OSTEOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE & BONE MARROW DUE TO A PYOGENIC INFECTION |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | THINNING & WEAKENING OF BONE DUE TO LOSS OF CALCIUM |
| PERIOSTEUM | MEMBRANE SURROUNDING BONES |
| RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS | A CHRONIC DISEASE IN WHICH JOINTS BECOME INFLAMED & PAINFUL |
| SINUS | CAVITY WITHIN A BONE |
| SPRAIN | TRAUMA TO A JOINT, WITH PAIN, SWELLING, & INJURY TO LIGAMENTS |
| SYNOVIAL CAVITY | SPACE BETWEEN BONES AT A SYNOVIAL JOINT |
| SYNOVIAL FLUID | VISCOUS FLUID AT A SYNOVIAL CAVITY |
| TENDON | CONNECTIVE TISSUE WHICH BINDS MUSCLES TO BONES |
| ANKYL/O | CROOKEDBENTSTIFF |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| ARTICUL/O | JOINT |
| BURS/O | BURSA |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| FIBROS/O | FIBROUS |
| LIGAMENT/O | LIGAMENTS |
| LUMB/O | LOINSLOWER BACK |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW |
| SCOLI/O | CROOKEDBENT |
| SYNOVI/O | SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE |
| TEN/O | TENDON |
| -BLAST | IMMATURE CELL |
| -CLASIS | TO BREAK |
| -CLAST | TO BREAK |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -PHYSIS | TO GROW |
| -POROSIS | PASSAGE |
| -SCHISIS | TO SPLIT |