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Med Term- Bones
Medical Terminology- Bones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hard outer shell of bone | Compact |
| Inner, spongy, lattice-like structure of bone | Cancellous |
| Shaft of a long bone | Diaphysis |
| Ends of long bones | Epiphysis |
| Growth plates | Epiphysial plates |
| Innermost portion of bone | Medullary cavity |
| Tough, fibrous, vascular membrane covering the outside of the bone | Periosteum |
| Includes the bones of the skull, hyoid bones, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum | Axial skeleton |
| Includes the clavicle,scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpus, appendages, pelvis, femur, etc | Appendicular skeleton |
| Tunnel | Canal |
| Rounded projection | Condyle |
| High ridge | Crest; crista |
| Small, smooth area | Facet |
| Opening or hole | Foramen |
| Basin-like depression | Fossa, fovea |
| Rounded eminence or projection | Head |
| Low ridge | Line |
| Passage or opening | Meatus |
| Any projection | Process |
| Cavity or channel | Sinus |
| Sharp projection | Spine |
| Open, ditchlike groove | Sulcus |
| Seam | Suture |
| Broad, flat process | Trochanter |
| Small, rounded eminence | Tubercle |
| Protuberance | Tuberosity |
| Bones that allow no movement | Synathroses |
| Bones that allow slight movement | Amphiarthroses |
| Freely permit movement | Diarthroses |
| Tissue found in synarthroses | Fibrous |
| Tissue found in amphiarthroses | Cartilaginous |
| Tissue found in diarthroses | Synovial |
| Forms a covering around the articulating ends of the bones, holding them together | Joint capsule |
| Lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid, lubricating opposing surfaces of the bones | Synovial membrane |
| Space between the opposing surfaces of the bones of the joint | Joint cavity |
| Thin covering of the cartilage that cushions the articulating bone surface | Articular cartilage |
| Cords of white, dense, fibrous tissue to bind bones together | Ligaments |
| Pads of cartilage between articulating surfaces in some synovial joints | Articular disks |
| Joints that permit movement in one only one direction (elbow) | Hinge |
| Joint in which the round head of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity of another, permitting movement in different directions (hip joint) | Ball-and-socket |
| The least moveable joint in which the adjacent bone surface glide against each other to permit movement (carpus and tarsus) | Gliding |
| Joint in which one bone pivots around a stationary bone (axis and atlas) | Pivot |
| A joint in which the oval head of one bone fits into a shallow depression in another (stifle) | Condyloid |
| Binds muscle to bone | Tendons |
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