Skeleton
Skull, Hyoid Bone, Vertebral Column, Thorax
What bones make up the axial skeleton?
Made up spongy(cancellous) bone covered by compact bone
What is the epiphysis?
Inflammation in the joint caused by degeneration of the articular cartilage
What is osteoarthritis?
Sternum and cranial bones are this type.
What are flat bones?
Partial fracture that occurs mostly in young children.
What is a greenstick fracture?
Two pairs in the thorax
What are false ribs?
Thin vascular membrane that covers the outside of the bone
What is the periosteum?
Risk factors include post-menopausal, small body frame, poor nutrition and smoking
What is osteoporosis?
Freely movable joint.
What is diarthrosis or synovial joint
A fractured bone breaks through the skin.
What is a compound or open fracture?
Large opening in the occipital bone where the spinal cord passes through
What is the foramen magnum?
Made up of fat and found in the medullary canal
What is yellow marrow?
Inflammation of sacs in the joints
What is bursitis?
Carpals and tarsals are this type.
What are short bones?
Cells that break down bone for calcium to be released into the bloodstream.
What are osteoclasts?
Clavicle and scapula
What makes up the pectoral girdle?
Found mostly in the ends of bones or in flat bones such as the pelvis or sternum
What is red marrow?
Symptoms may include anemia, chronic infections and easy bleeding/bruising
What is leukemia?
Immovable joint.
What is a fibrous or synarthrosis joint?
Circular functional unit of bone.
What is an osteon?
Two concave curvatures of the spinal column
What are the cervical and lumbar regions?
Process by which red marrow produces new blood cells
What is hematopoesis?
A spinal curvature that causes a "humpback"
What is kyphosis?
Sutures are not fused in infants and toddlers.
What is a fontanel?
Synovial joint at the CMC (carpometacarpal) of the thumb.
What is a saddle joint?