Bone Anatomy & Structure
The shaft of a long bone
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is the diaphysis?
These finger bones are part of the appendicular skeleton.
(Let's make this a TRIPLE!!!)
What are phalanges?
Formed where 2 bones meet, this is another term for articulation.
What is a joint?
scientific name for the jaw
mandible
This root word means bone.
What is oste/o?
This dense and hard bone tissue forms the exterior surface of bones.
What is compact bone?
The first 7 pairs of ribs attach directly to the strenum and are called by this name.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What are true ribs?
These fibrous structures hold bones together at joints.
What are ligaments?
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine/
What is scoliosis?
The CF arthr/o and cost/o means these 2 body parts.
What are JOINT and RIB?
The total number of bones in the adult human skeletal system.
(DOUBLE!!!)
What is 206?
Vertebrae are classifed as this type of bone.
What are irregular bones?
The medical term for freely moving joints.
What are diarthroses?
A fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed into multiple pieces.
What is a commiunted fracture?
The medical specialist that treats illnessess and injuries of the neuromusclar system, they focus on spine alignment.
(DOUBLE!!!)
What is a chirpractor?
This type of cartilage covers the end of a long bone.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Of the humerus, clavicle, sternum, and femur, which bone is NOT part of the appendicular skeleton.
What is the sternum?
bones are connected to one another by
(DAILY DOUBLE)
ligaments
A bone fractute that protrudes through an open skin wound.
What is a compound fracture?
This root word means bone marrow.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is myel/o
Cancellous(spongy) bone is found inside the bone and contains spaces filled with this substance.
What is red bone marrow.
Of the femur, ribs, strenum, and skull which bone is NOT part of the axial skeleton.
What is the femur?
This surgical procedure allows a doctor to surgically repair a joint?
What is arthroplasty?
Another name for the skull
Cranium
The suffix -desis means this action in surgical procedures.
What is to fuse or stabilize?