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Skeletal System01
Skeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appendicular Skeleton | forms the extremities -shoulder girdle -arm bones -leg bones -pelvic girdle |
| Axial Skeleton | forms the trunk of the body -skull -spinal column -ribs -breastbone |
| Carpals | bone of the wrists |
| Clavical | collarbone |
| Cranium | the spherical structure that surrounds and protects the brain. (8 bones of the head) |
| Diaphysis | the shaft, or middle section of a long bone. |
| Endosteum | Membrane that lines the medullary canal and keeps the yellow marrow intact. |
| Epiphysis | Two extremities, or ends |
| Femur | thigh bone of the leg; the longest and strongest bone in the body |
| Fibula | outer and smaller bone of the lower leg "finito" |
| Fontanles | "soft spots" allow for enlargement of the skull as brain growth occurs (new borns) |
| Foraming | openings in bones that allow nerves and blood vessels to enter or leave the bone |
| Humerus | upper arm bone |
| Joints | areas where two or more bones join together |
| Ligaments | fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone (helps hold the bones together) |
| Medullary Canal | cavity in the diaphysis |
| Metacarpals | bone of the hand between the wrist and each finger (5) |
| Metatarsals | bone of the foot between the instep of each toe |
| Os Coxae | the hip bone, formed by the union of the -ilium -ischium -pubis |
| Platella | kneecap |
| Periosteum | contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and osteoblasts. Necessary for bone growth, repair nutrition |
| Phalanges | toes, fingers |
| Red Marrow | soft tissue in the epiphysis of long bones |
| Skeletal System | made of organs called bones; a group of bones in the body |
| Ribs | 12 pairs of ribs; also called costae; twelve pairs of narrow curved bones that surround the thoracic cavity |
| True Ribs | first 7 attached directly to your sternum |
| False Ribs | next 3 attached to the cartlidge of the ribs above |
| Floating Ribs | (2) no attachment on the front of the body |
| Xiphoid Process | the small piece of cartlidge at the bottom of the sternum |
| Diarthosis | type of joint: freely movable ex. hinge joints of the elbow and knee |
| Amphiarthosis | type of joint: slightly movable ex. attachment of the ribs to the thoraic vertabrae |
| Synarthrosis | type of joint: immovable ex. cranium |
| Arthritis | inflammation of the joints |
| Fracture | crack or break in the bone |
| Osteomyelitis | bone inflammation usually caused by a pathogenic organism |
| Osteoporosis | softening of the bones |
| Sprain | when a twisting action tears the ligament at a joint |
| Bursitis | inflammation of the bursoe, small fluid-filled sacs surrounding the joints |
| Dislocation | when a bone is forcibly displaced from a joint |
| Scoliosis | a side-to-side, lateral, curvature of the spine |
| Radius | long bone of the forearm, between the wrist and elbow (thumb side) |
| Scapula | shoulder blade or bone |
| Sinuses | cavity or airspace in a bone |
| Sternum | breastbone |
| Suture | surgical stitch used to join the edges of an incision or wound; also, an area where bones join or fuse together |
| Tarsals | one of seven bones that forms the instep of the foot |
| Tibia | inner and larger bone of the lower leg, between the knee and ankl |
| Ulna | long bone in the forearm, between the wrist and elbow (pinky side) |
| Vertabrae | Bones of the spinal column |
| Yellow Marrow | soft tissue in the diaphysis of long bones |
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