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A&P LINK 2.1
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| AMPHIARTHROSES | SLIGHTLY MOVEABLE JOINTS | |
| APPENDICULAR SKELETON | THE BONES OF THE APPENDAGES OR LIMBS | |
| ARTICULATED | THE ACT OF THE BONES OF THE SKELETON BEING IN THEIR PROPER LOCATION AND JOINED TOGETHER AT THE JOINTS | |
| AXIAL SKELETON | BONES THAT MAKE UP THE AXIS OF THE BODY OR THE MAIN POINT FROM WHICH THE LIMBS ARE JOINED | |
| CALLUS | RAISED AREA THAT FORMS AROUND THE BREAK IN A BONE AS A RESULT OF OSTEOBLASTS CREATING CARTILAGE TO REPAIR THE BREAK | |
| CARTILAGE | FIBROUS TISSUE FOUND BETWEEN BONES ACTS AS A CUSHION TO PREVENT BONE GRINDING AGAINST BONE | |
| COMPACT BONE | BONE THAT HAS A DENSE AND HEAVY STRUCTURE FOUND IN BONES THAT NEED STRENGTH TO HOLD THE BODY UPRIGHT | |
| DIAPHYSIS | SHAFT OF A LONG BONE | |
| DIARTHROSES | FREELY MOVABLE JOINT | |
| EPIPHYSIS | END OF OF A LONG BONE THE SITE OF BONE GROWTH | |
| FONTANEL | CARTILAGE FOUND BETWEEN THE SKULL BONES IN NEWBORNS | |
| JOINT | PLACE WHERE TWO BONES COME TOGETHER | |
| LIGAMENT | CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT JOINS BONE TO BONE AT A JOINT | |
| OSSEOUS TISSUE | TYPE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT FORMS THE SKELETON ALSO CALLED BONE TISSUE | |
| OSSIFICATION | PROCESS OF CARTILAGE TURNING TO BONE | |
| OSTEOBLAST | CELLS THAT CREATE BONE | |
| OSTEOCLAST | BONE BREAKER | |
| OSTEOCYTES | INDIVIDUAL BONE CELLS | |
| PERIOSTEUM | PROTECTIVE TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS A LONG BONE | |
| PROCESS | OUTCROPPING OF BONE THAT PROVIDES A PLACE FOR MUSCLE OR LIGAMENT ATTACHMENT | |
| RED MARROW | FOUND IN SPONGY BONE THE SITE FOR BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION | |
| SPONGY BONE | BONE THAT IS LIGHTER AND MORE POROUS THAN COMPACT BONE IT IS FOUND IN BONES THAT DO NOT NEED TO BE AS HEAVY SUCH AS THE SKULL AND RIBS | |
| SUTURES | STRUCTURES IN THE SKULL WHERE THE FIBROUS CARTILAGE THAT SEPARATED THE SKULL BONES FUSED AFTER OSSIFICATION | |
| SYNARTHROSES | IMMOVABLE JOINTS | |
| YELLOW MARROW | SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE SHAFTS OF LONG BONES MADE OF ADIPOSE TISSUE OR FAT | |
| PERIOSTEUM | PROTECTIVE TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS A LONG BONE | |
| DIAPHYSIS | SHAFT OF A LONG BONE | |
| EPIPHYSIS | END OF A LONG BONE THE SITE OF BONE GROWTH | |
| LONG BONES | ||
| SHORT BONES | ||
| FLAT BONES | ||
| IRREGULAR BONES | ||
| CERVICAL VERTEBRAE | ||
| THORACIC VERTEBRAE | PART OF THE VENTRAL CAVITY LOCATED UNDER THE RIB CAGE AND ABOVE THE THE DIAPHRAGM ALSO CALLED THE CHEST CAVITY | |
| LUMBAR VERTEBRAE | IS THE LAST FIVE VERTEBRAES | |
| BALL AND SOCKET JOINT | ALLOWS ROTATING MOVEMENT | SHOULDER AND HIP |
| HINGE JOINT | ALLOWS MOVEMENT ONE WAY | ELBOW AND KNEE |
| CONDYLOID JOINT | THIS JOINT CAN MOVE SIDE TO SIDE | FINGER AND TOES |
| PLANE JOINT | ONE GLIDES AGAINST ANOTER ARTICULATING BONE ENDS ARE FLAT | WRIST AND ANKLE |
| PIVOT JOINT | ROUNDED END OF ONE BONE AND ALLOWS ROTATION | ATLAS AND AXIS |
| SADDLE JOINT | ONE BONE IS CONVEX AND THE ARTICULATING BONE IS CONCAVE FORMING A SADDLE ALLOWS CIRCUMDUCTION MOVEMENT | THUMB |
| ACHONDROPLASIA | GENETIC DISEASE OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT RESULTS IN A NORMAL SIZED TORSO BUT SHORTENED LIMBS | |
| DISLOCATION | DISPLACEMENT OF A BONE FROM THE JOINT | |
| KYPHOSIS | AN EXAGGERATED THORACIC CURVE CALLED HUNCHBACK | |
| LORDOSIS | AN EXAGGERATED LUMBAR CURVE CALLED SWAYBACK | |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | PROGRESSIVE WEARING AWAY OF JOINTS BEACUSE OF AGE OR INJURY SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PAIN AND STIFFNESS WHICH INCREASE DURING COLD DAMP WEATHER | |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | LOSS OF BONE DENSITY CAUSED BY DECREASED MINERAL RETENTION IN THE BONES SECONDARY TO A LACK OF ESTROGEN SO THAT BONES WEAKEN AND BREAK EASILY COMMONLY AFFECTS POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN | |
| PAGET DISEASE | ABNORMAL BONE DESTRUCTION AND REPAIR WHICH CREATES BONE IRREGULARITES AND DEFORMITIES AFFECTS MIDDLE AGED AND ELDERLY ADULTS | |
| SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE OCCURS MORE OFTEN DURING ADOLESCENE | |
| TALIPES | CONGENITAL DEFORMITY OF THE FOOT WHERE THE FOOT IS IN A FIXED TWISTED POSTITION ALSO CALLED CLUBFOOT | |
| COMMINUTED | TWO OR MORE INTERSECTING BREAKS RESULT IN BONE FRAGMENTS | |
| COMPOUND OPEN | ENDS OF THE BROKEN BONES HAVE PIERCED THE SKIN | |
| GREENSTICK | OCCURS IN CHILDREN WHO STILL HAVE MORE COLLAGEN THAN SOLID BONE AND THE BONE BREAKS LONGITUDINALLY | |
| INCOMPLETE | OCCURS WHEN THE BONE BREAKS BUT IS NOT COMPLETELY SEPARATED ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE BONE | |
| IMPACTED | OCCURS WHEN TWO BONES ARE FORCED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE BONE ENDS FRAGMENT | |
| PATHOLOGICAL | BONE BREAKS BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS SECONDARY TO A DISORDER OF THE BONE | |
| SIMPLE CLOSED | BONES ARE BROKEN BUT DO NOT MOVE AND THERE IS LITTLE TRAUMA TO SURROUNDNG TISSUE |