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SKELETAL SYSTEM

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The medical condition called ____________ is a degenerative disorder characterized by a decrease in bone density   OSTEOPOROSIS  
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Inflammation of the joint is called   ARTHRITIS  
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What is OSSIFICATION   Bone Formation  
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What is OSTEON   Fundamental unit of compact bone, cylinder of osteacytes surrounded by central canal  
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What is ARTICULATION?   Where BONES MEET JOINTS  
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What is LIGAMENT?   CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT HOLDS BONES TOGETHER  
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WHAT IS A TENDON?   Connective TISSUE THAT HOLDS MUSCLE TO BONE  
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What is REDUCTION?   Brining the ends of a fractured bone into alignment  
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What is a COMPOUND FRACTURE?   Broken bones that protrudes through the skin  
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What is a COMMINUTED FRACTURE?   Broken bone in which the bone is CRUSHED INTO FRAGMENTS or SPLINTERS  
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When a FRACTURE BREAKS THE SKIN it is called a?   COMPOUND FRACTURE  
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What is the 1st STEP IN BONE REPAIR?   Hematoma formation and Inflammation  
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According to the TEXTBOOK what DECREASES BONE MASS?   CAFFEINE; COFFEE OR COLA = TOBACCO; CIGARETTES SMOKING  
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Before a bone can heal, it must be ____ to make sure the ends of the bone are touching   REDUCED  
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What is the FUNCTION OF OSTEOBLASTS   Build NEW BONES; secrects bone matrix  
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Where are OSTEOPROJENITOR CELLS found?   PERIOSTEUM  
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What is the PRIMARY COMPONENT of the SKELETON?   BONE  
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The PHALANGES and ULNA ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT TYPE OF BONE?   LONG SHAPED  
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The MANDIBLE and CERVICAL VERTEBRAE are examples of what type of bone?   IRREGULAR SHAPED  
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The expanded ends of long bones are called?   EPIPHYSES  
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Most fibrous joints are ....   SLIGHTLY MOVABLE  
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What SUBSTANCE is housed in SPONGY BONE yet is ABSENT IN the MEDULLARY CAVITY   RED BONE MARROW  
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WHAT TYPE OF BONY TISSUE MAKES UP THE ADULT DIAPHYSIS?   COMPACT BONE  
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MATURE BONE CELLS ARE CLINCALLY CALLED:   OSTEOCYTES  
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MATURE BONE CELLS ARE HOUSED IN TINY HOLES?   LACUNAE  
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NODDING THE HEAD IN AN AGGRESSIVE GESTURE OF "YES" IS EMPLOYING:   FLEXION/EXTENSION  
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What is PERIOSTEUM?   Tough fibrous connective tissure that covers bones.  
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What is the ANCHOR POINT FOR LIGAMENTS?   PERIOSTEUM  
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What is the EPIPHYSIS?   Is the EXPANDED END OF THE LONG BONE  
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What are the 4 functions of the skeleton   Frame Work, Produce blood cells, Protects Organs, the warehouse for mineral storage  
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Long bones are   Longer than they are wide  
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Short bones are   equal in width and legnth  
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Flat bones are   Thin; Flat or curved  
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Irregular bones are   Oddly shaped  
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What is the region that runs between the 2 epiphyses   DIAPHYSIS  
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Osteons   (Haversian Systme)`  
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What does OSTEOCLASTS DO>   Tear down bone; move calcium and phosphate into the blood  
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After you ar born does the epiphysis on your LONG BONES contiune to grow?   Yes  
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Bone repair is accomblished by the same process as bone growth   Endochondrial Ossification  
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Stage 1 of Bone Repair is   where the hematoma formation begins in inflammation  
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Stage 2 is   SOFT (fibrocartilage) callus formation, cartilage fills in the space  
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What is CARTILAGE   A FORM OF DENSET CONNECTIVE TISSURE  
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How does CARTIALGE ACT as a SHOCK ABSORBER   It prevents the ends from grinding to gether  
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Joints are also known as   articulation  
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Ligaments are very   tough  
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Tendons are   cord like structures that attach muscle to bone  
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Joints are classified by thier   function and structure  
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Fibrous joints are held together by   short connective tissue strands  
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Cartilaginous –   held together by cartilage  
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Gliding joints –   flat or slightly curved, platelike bones found in your wrists and ankles; slide back and forth  
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Hinge joints   one bone is in the shape of a cylinder and the other a trough; found in your knees and elbows; open and close  
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Saddle joints –   one bone shaped just like a saddle and another bone similar to a horse’s back, in the base of your thumb; rock up and down and side to side  
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Ellipsoidal joints (also called condyloid joints) –   two axes of movement through the same bone; knuckles of your fingers are ellipsoidal joints  
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Pivot joints –   rotate; circular portion of one bone that spins inside a ring-shaped portion of the other; neck and forearm  
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Ball-and-socket joint –   all types of movement, including rotation; spherical articulation with a cup-shaped socket; hips and shoulders and can perform  
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Flexion –   Bending a joint and decreasing the angle between involved bones  
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Extension –   Straightening a joint Plantar flexion – Pointing toes down  
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Dorsiflexion –   Bending the foot up toward the body  
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Abduction –   Moving away from the body’s midline  
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Adduction –   Moving toward the midline of the body  
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Inversion –   Turning the foot inward toward other foot  
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Eversion –   Turning foot outward away from opposing foot  
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Supination –   Turning hand palm up  
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Pronation –   Turning hand palm down  
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Protraction –   Drawing a part forward  
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Retraction –   Drawing backward  
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Circumduction –   Circular arm movement of a pitcher  
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Rotation –   Spinning on axis  
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Axial skeleton –   Bones of the bony thorax, spinal column, hyoid bone, bones of the middle ear, and skull; they protect the body organs and total 80  
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Appendicular skeleton –   Bones of your arms, legs, hips, and shoulders and total 126 bones  
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The sternum   Manubrium – superior portion Body – central portion Xiphoid – inferior portion  
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True ribs –   pairs 1 to 7; vertebrosternal – connect anteriorly to the sternum and posteriorly to the thoracic vertebrae  
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False ribs –   pairs 8 to 10; vertebrocostal – connect to cartilage of the superior rib and to the thoracic vertebrae  
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Floating –   pairs 11 and 12 no anterior attachment  
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Protects the spinal cord,   the superhighway for information traveling to and from the central nervous system  
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Cartilage   The chemical composition changes – more brittle and yellow due to calcification. Can lead to arthritis  
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Osteoporosis –   weaker lighter bone more prone to breakage. More common in women than men.  
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Prevention –   calcium and vitamin D, weight-bearing exercise, quit smoking, limit caffeine  
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Hairline fracture –   a fine fracture that doesn’t completely break or displace the bone  
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Simple or closed fracture –   break with minimal displacement and no tear in the skin  
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Greenstick fracture –   incomplete break; often found in children  
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Spiral fracture –   twisting motion to the bone  
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Comminuted fracture –   bone fragments or splinters  
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Compound or open fracture –   bone protrudes through the skin, with the potential of infection from exposure  
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The 206 bones of the skeleton can be classified according to their   SHAPE  
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epiphysis, and the shaft is called the   diaphysis  
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The hollow region within the diaphysis   is called the medullary cavity and stores yellow marrow.  
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