Chabner-15 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
articulation | Any joint |
bursa | Sac of fluid around a joint |
ligament | connective tissue binding bones to other bones; supports, strengthens, and stabilizes the joint. |
Suture joint | Joint in which apposed surfaces are closely united;motion is minimal |
synovial cavity | Viscous fluid within the synovial cavity. Similar to egg white. |
synovial joint | a freely movable joint |
synovial membrane | Membrane lining the synovial cavity; it produces synovial fluid. |
Tendon | Connective tissue that binds muscle to bones. |
acetabulumn | rounded depression or socket in the pelvis which joins the femur forming the hip joint. |
Bone | Dense hard connective tissue composing the skeleton. |
Calcium | One of the minerals constituents of bone |
cartilaginous tissue | Flexible, rubbery, connective tissue. |
Cancellous Bone | Spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of the bone. |
collagen | Dense, connective tissue protein strands found in bone & other tissues. |
Compact bone | Hard dense bone tissue found on the outside of bone. |
Condyle | Knuckle-like process at the end of a bone near the joint. |
Cranial bones | skull bones |
diaphysis | Shaft or mid-portion of a long bone. |
Disk | Flat, round, plate like structure found between two vertebrae |
epiphyseal plate | Cartilage found at the end of long bones for lengthwise growth |
Epiphysis | The area of bone around the epiphyseal plate |
Facial bones | Bones of the face |
Fissure | Narrow slit-like opening |
Fontanelle | Soft spot |
Foramen | opening on the bones were blood vessels and nerves enter and leave the bones. |
fossa | Shallow cavity in bone |
Haversian canals | Minute space filled with blood vessels. Found in compact bone |
Malleoulus | Round process on both sides of the ankle joint |
Manubrium | Upper part of the sternum |
Mastoid process | round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear. |
Medullary cavity | Central, hollowed-out area in the shaft of the long bone |
Metaphysis | Flare portion of a long bone between the shaft and the growth plate (Meta-means between) |
Olecranon | The point of the flexed elbow. Proximal end of the elbow. |
Osseous tissue | bone tissue |
ossification | bone formation |
osteoblast | Bone cell that helps form bone tissue. |
Osteoclast | Bone cell that removes unwanted bone tissue. |
Periosteum | Membrane surrounding bones |
Phosphorus | Mineral substances found in bone |
Pubic symphsis | Coming together of the two pubic bones |
Red bone marrow | Found in cancellous bone; site of hematopoiesis |
Sella turcica | Depresssion in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located |
Sinus | Hollow air cavity within a bone |
Styloid process | pole-like process extending down from the temporal bone on each side of the skull |
Suture | joint between bones |
Temporomandibidular joint | Connection between the temporal bone of the skull and the mandibular bone of the jaw. |
Trabeculae | supporting bundles of bony fibers in cancellous bone. |
tubercle-tuberosity | Rounded, small process on bones. Attachment site for tendons and muscles. |
Vertebra | Individual back bone |
xiphoid process | lower portion of the sternum |
Yellow bone Marrow | fatty tissue found in the medullary cavity of most adult long bones. |
Acromion | Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder. |
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