Terms
The hollow center of a long bone that contains yellow bone marrow
What is the medullary cavity?
The part of the skeleton that contains the skull, thoracic cage, and vertebral column
What is the axial skeleton?
The part of the bone made of spongy tissue, also known as trabecular bone
What is cancellous bone?
What is a tremor?
Inflammation of a muscle
What is myositis?
Joints that contain a membrane that secretes a lubricating fluid
What are synovial joints?
Fibrous cords of tissue that attach muscle to bone
What are tendons?
The production of blood cells in the bone marrow
What is hematopoiesis?
Rupture or tearing of a muscle
What is myorrhexis?
The wasting away or shrinkage of muscle size
What is atrophy?
Slightly movable joints
What are amphiarthroses?
Fibrous cords of tissue that attach bone to bone
What are ligaments?
A band or sheet of fibrous tissue that encloses a muscle or group of muscles
What is the fascia?
The formation of a fibrous band of tissue that holds two parts or surfaces together
What is adhesion?
Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function as a result of aging
What is sarcopenia?
The division of the skeleton that contains the arms, legs, and pelvic girdle
What is the appendicular skeleton?
Another name for the ribs
What are costals?
Loss of muscle tone
What is hypotonia?
Abnormal softening of muscle tissue
What is myomalacia?
Excessive growth or abnormal enlargement of a muscle
What is hypertrophy?
What is cortical bone?
Areas on bones that extend outward and serve as attachment zones for muscles and tendons
What are bone processes?
Freely movable joints
What are diarthroses?
Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity
What is ataxia?
Weakness or mild muscular paralysis
What is myoparesis?
Immovable joints
What are synarthroses?
The outer membrane of a bone
What is the periosteum?
Involuntary sudden movement or convulsive muscular contraction
What is a spasm?
A state of sustained muscular contraciton
What is tetany?
State in which muscles are flabby, relaxed, or have defective or absent tone
What is flaccidity?