Key Terms
Pathologies
Bones
Landmarks
Miscellaneous
100
Part of the skeleton made up of the limbs and their attachments.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
100
Condition of an exaggeration of the thoracic curve
What is Kyphosis?
100
This bone is known as the collarbone
What is the clavicle?
100
This is one of two large bony processes found only on the femur.
What is the Greater Trochanter (or Lesser Trochanter)?
100
This portion of the femur fits into the acetabulum.
What is the Head?
200
Another word for a joint, the structure created when bones connect to each other is
What is articulation?
200
Condition of exaggeration of the normal lumbar curve.
What is Lordosis?
200
This bone is known as the shoulder blade.
What is the scapula?
200
This bone is where lateral and medial epicondyles and greater and lesser tubercles are located.
What is the humerus?
200
A rounded projection at the end of a bone
What is a condyle?
300
Round bones that often are embedded in tendons and joint capsules
What is a sesamoid bone?
300
Disorder of bones in which a lack of calcium and other minerals and a decrease in bone protein leaves the bones soft, fragile, and more likely to break.
What is osteoporosis?
300
This bone has three parts the manubrium, sternal body, and xiphoid process.
What is the Sternum?
300
Large round protuberance on a bone is this
What is a tuberosity?
300
Cells that create a cartilage model of bones.
What is a chondroblast?
400
Another name for the knee cap
What is patella (or sesamoid)?
400
Term for lateral curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
400
The pelvic girdle consists of these bones
What is the ilium, ischium, and pubis?
400
This part of the skeleton consists of the head, vertebral column (the spine), and the ribs and sternum and provides the body with form and protection.
What is the axial skeleton?
400
Term meaning shallow indentation or depression in a bone.
What is fossa?
500
Lighter-weight portions of bone made up of trabeculae.
What is Spongy bone (Cancellous)?
500
Quality of bones that allows them to deform slightly and vibrate when electrical currents pass through.
What is Piezoelectric Quality?
500
This bone is the weight bearing bone during upright movement.
What is the talus?
500
A bony projection above a condyle
What is an epicondyle?
500
Supporting soft tissue and serve as framework, Provide attachment sites for muscles, Protect delicate internal organs, Serve as levers to provide movement, Store calcium phosphorus, and other minerals, store lipids, produce red blood cells are all functions of this system.
What is the skeletal system?
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