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Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| long bones | are longer than they are wide; they have a shaft and two ends; ex. humerus & femur |
| short bones | are almost as long as they are wide; they can be described as cube shaped; ex. wrist & ankle bones |
| sesamoid bones | a special kind of short bone; ex. patella |
| flat bones | are flat, thin and sometimes curved; ex. ribs & sternum (breastbone) |
| irregular bones | have various shapes and do not fit into the other categories; ex. vertebrae |
| diaphysis (dign-AFF-ih-sis) | the shaft of the long bone |
| compact bone | the external hard layer of bone that forms the hard outer shell |
| epiphysis (eh-PIFF-ih-is) | the end of the long bone, is often wider than the diaphysis |
| proximal epiphysis | upper end of the long bone |
| distal epiphysis | lower end of the long bone |
| epiphyseal line | the area between the epiphysis and the diaphysis |
| articular cartilage | covers the end of the epiphysis and provides cushion during movement of the joint |
| periosterum | white membrane covering the bone except at the joint surface |
| yellow bone marrow | found in long bones, stores fat |
| red bone marrow | found in long bones, produces red blood cells |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chrondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina, thin flat plate, part of vertebral arch |
| lord/o | swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| myel/o | bone marrow, or spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/o | pelvis, hipbone |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent, twisted |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| algia | pain |
| blast | immature |
| clasis | surgical fracture |
| gram | record |
| graphy | technique or recording/making and xray |
| malacia | softening |
| olisthesis | slipping |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| scope | instrument to visually examine |
| scopy | process of visual examination |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| trophy | nourishment/development |
| frontal/coronal plane | divides the body into front and back portions |
| sagittal plane | divides the body into left and right sections |
| transverse/axial plane | divides the body into upper and lower sections |
| anterior | structure or part is facing front |
| distal | body part farthest away from point of origin |
| dorsal | pertaining or referring to the back |
| inferior | toward the feet or below |
| lateral | away from midline of the body |
| medial | toward the midline or middle of the body |
| posterior | toward the back or pertaining to the back of the body |
| prone | lying face down on the abdomen |
| proximal | body part nearest the point of origin |
| superficial | near the surface |
| superior | toward the head, above |
| supine | lying face up on the back |
| ventral | pertaining to the front |
| axial | skeleton that is made up of the spinal column, skull & rib cage |
| appendicular | skeleton that is comprised of the bones of the arms, hands, legs, feet, shoulders & pelvis |
| frontal bone | forehead, acts as protection for the eyes and the brain |
| parietal bone | form the top and upper sides of the head |
| temporal bone | is on each of the head |
| occipital bone | forms the back and base of the head |
| maxilla | upper jaw bone |
| mandible | lower jaw bone and is the only moveable bone in the skull |
| zygomatic bone | cheekbones, also protect the outer part of the eyes |
| cervical vertebrae | the first seven vertebrae in the neck |
| thoracic vertebrae | twelve vertebrae of the spinal column |
| lumbar vertebrae | lower back vertebrae, there are five |
| sacrum/coccyx | result of the fusion of individual bones during childhood |
| coccyx | tailbone, the last section of the vertebrae |
| intervertebral disk | made of cartilage separates the vertebrae |
| humerus | the upper are bone |
| radius | lower arm bone on the thumb side |
| ulna | lower are bone on outer side (little finger side) |
| carpals | wrist bone |
| metacarpals | bones in the palm of the hand |
| phalanges | bones of the fingers and toes |
| phalanx | individual section of the fingers bones |
| clavicle | collarbone |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| femur | thighbone, longest bone in the body |
| tibia | larger lower leg bone, shin bone |
| fibula | smaller, slender bone of the lower leg |
| patella | kneecap |
| tarsals | ankle bones |
| calcaneus | heel bone |
| metatarsals | bones of the foot |
| fracture | injury to a bone where the tissue of a bone is broken |
| greenstick fracture | fracture of a bone that may crack under pressure but not break entirely |
| simple/closed fracture | closed fracture when the bone breaks completely, the skin remains intact |
| compound/open fracture | occurs when the bone protrudes through the skin |
| impacted fracture | bone fractures and the ends are wedged into each other |
| comminuted fracture | more than one fracture line in a bone |
| spiral fracture | sever corkscrew twisting of a bone |
| Colle's fracture | fracture just above the wrist, at the distal end of the radius; occurs often in children after falling on outstretched hand |
| pathological fracture | fracture occurring due to an underlying disease process that weakens the bone |
| lordosis (lord/o = swayback; osis = abnormal condition) | exaggerated forward curve of the lumbar section of the vertebral column |
| kyphosis (kyph/o = humpback; osis = abnormal condition) | outward curvature of the upper section of the vertebral column |
| scoliosis (scoli/o = crooked or bent; osis = abnormal condition) | lateral curvature of the spinal column usually in the thoracic region |
| herniated disk | the intervertebral disk ruptures causing it to protrude, putting pressure on the spinal nerve roots. Also called slipped disk or ruptured disk. |
| myleoma | tumor of the bone marrow |
| osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
| osteoporosis | loss of bone mass or bone density |
| osteosarcoma | malignant tumor of the bone |
| spondylitis | inflammation of the vertebrae |
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