Musculoskeletal Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
cartilage | covers end of bones |
muscles | provide movement and strength |
joints | where bones meet; provide movement |
bones | skeleton |
ligaments | attach bone to bone |
tendons | attach muscles to bone |
epiphysis | end of long bones |
periosteum | covering of long bones |
diaphysis | shaft of long bones |
cranium | skull |
sternum | breast bone |
costo | pertains to rib cage |
xiphoid process | lower part of sternum |
medullary cavity | stores yellow bone marrow |
hematopoietic | pertains to the production of red blood cells |
scapula | shoulder blade |
carpal | pertains to wrist bones |
phalanges | pertains to fingers and toes |
humerus | large bone of the arm |
clavicle | anterior shoulder bone |
ulna & radius | small bones of the forearm |
ilium | large flared bone of the hip |
ischium | hip bones you sit on |
femur | long bone of the leg |
tibia | shin bone |
orrhaphy | suturing |
desis | fusion or fixation of a joint |
myelo | bone marrow or spine |
osteo | pertains to the bones |
chondro | cartilage |
arthritis | inflammation of the joints |
orthepedists | specialist of the musculoskeletal system |
lordosis | forward curvature of lumbar spine (swayback) |
kyphosis | outward protrusion of thoracic spine (humpback) |
arthroscopy | view joints with lighted instrument |
coccygeal vertebrae | four vertebrae that fuse with sacrum in sdults |
sacral vertebrae | vertebrae of the lowest part of the spine: s1-s5 |
lumbar vertebrae | vertebrae of the lower back: L1-L5 |
thoracic vertebrae | pertaining to the mid back: T1-T12 |
cervical vertebrae | vertebrae of the neck: c1-c7 |
vertebrae | bones of the spinal column |
malacia | softening |
myocardial muscle | heart muscle |
smooth muscles | involuntary muscle |
skeletal muscles | voluntary muscle |
circumduction | movement around the body |
abduction | movement away from the body |
adduction | movement towards the body |
tarsals | pertaining to the ankle bones |
patella | knee cap |
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