Anatomy
There are 206 of these in the body, all shapes and sizes support your body, protect organs and tissues, store calcium and fat and produce blood cells.
What is bones?
Pain, inflammation and joint stiffness.
What is arthritis?
A injury to a joint capsule and its supporting ligaments.
What is a sprain?
This measures the electrical activity of muscles and nerves.
What is electromyography?
One of the most common musculoskeletal conditions.
What is backpain?
This cushions bones inside your joints, along your spine and in your ribcage.
What is cartilage?
A condition in which the bones are deficient in calcium and phosphorus, making them brittle and vulnerable to fracture.
What is Osteoporosis?
Realigning of bone, by placing the broken ends into proper alignment.
What is reduction?
Analyzation of bone growth, density, tumors, and other pathology.
What is a bone scan?
A degenerative disorder affecting the cartilage that covers the back of the patella, or kneecap.
What is chondromalacia patellae?
Tough collagen fibers that connect bones and help stabilize joints.
What is ligaments?
A degenerative joint disease caused by wear and tear on the weight-bearing joints.
What is osteoarthritis?
The abnormal spine curvatures.
What is scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis?
A procedure in which a small (diameter of a pencil) fiberoptic scope is inserted into a joint space.
What is arthroscopy?
Name the vertebral column.
Cervical Vertebra
Thoracic Vertebra
Lumber Vertebra
I connect muscles to bones.
What is tendons?
This identifies abnormalities and inflammation in and around joints and tears or inflammation of tendons.
What is a ultrasonography?
What are the 3 main function of the skeletal system?
Mechanical. Support. Bones provide a framework for the attachment of muscles and other tissues.
Protective. Bones such as the skull and rib cage protect vital organs from injury. Bones also protect the marrow.
Metabolic. Mineral storage.