Fractures
This type of fracture is common in kids, the bone is partly bent.
What is greenstick fracture?
Having extra fingers or toes?
What is polydactyl?
A type of freely movable joint in the carpal bones, vertebrae of the spine enabling the torso to bend forward and backward.
What is a gliding joint?
Hollow cylinder of hard compact bone. Strong and hard, yet light for movements.
What is the diaphysis?
Skull, spinal column, ribs, sternum, hyoid and six tiny bones in the ear.
This type of fracture is a tiny crack in the bone caused by overuse.
What is a stress or hairline fracture?
Inflammation that often affects this great toe, due to uric acid build up in the blood stream.
What is gout?
Type of joint that moves in one direction or plane, example knees or elbow.
What is a hinge joint?
Center of the shaft; contains yellow bone marrow, fat cells, and blood vessels.
What is the medullary cavity?
Guards and supports the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth 14 bones collectively.
What is the facial bones?
This type of fracture the bone is broken, but no open wound.
Most common form of arthritis, occurs when the articular cartilage wears away over time.
What is osteoarthritis?
Type of joint that rotates around only one axis. Ex: radius and ulna.
What is a pivot joint?
Lining of marrow cavity that keeps it intact.
What is the endosteum?
Type of bone that found in the spinal column?
What is irregular bone?
What is a spiral fracture?
What is clubfoot?
Partially moveable joints with cartilage between the articular surfaces. Ex: attachment of ribs to the spine.
What is amphiarthroses?
At the ends of long bones; forms center of all other bones.
What is spongy, cancellous, or trabecular bone?
Upper extremities: Shoulder girdles, arms, wrists and hands.
Lower extremities: hipe girdle, legs, ankles, and feet
What is the appendicular skeleton?
What is a comminuted fracture?
Autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of the joints causing pain, warmth, redness, swelling.
What is Rheumatoid arthritis?
Immovable joints connected by fibrous connective tissue. Ex: sutures
What is synarthroses?
Covers the outside of the bone; needed for bone growth, repair, and nutrition.
What is the periosteum?
Clears away damaged bone tissue.
What is osteoclast?