Word Parts
arthr/o
joint
These bones are odd-shaped bones needed to connect to other bones
irregular bones
The growth plate of bones
epiphyseal plate
Articulation
This suffix mean inflammations
-itis
articul/o
joint
The skeletal system works with the muscular system to provide the body with this function
movement
The ends of long bones are called
epiphyses
Joints held together by short connective tissue strands that re either immobile or slightly moveable
Fibrous Joints
The word parts for osteoporosis mean
oste/o - bone
por - small opening
-osis - condition of
carp/o
wrist
short bones
The yellow marrow, stored in long bones, is found in the
medullary cavity
Found at the end of bones and acts as a shock absorber, preventing the bone ends from grinding together
articular cartilage
This autoimmune disease affects the connective tissue of the body
Rheumatoid arthritis
cervic/o
neck
Our bones are important for producing
The shaft of a long bone
diaphysis
Joints held together by cartilage disks and are either immobile or slightly movable
Cartilaginous joints
A degenerative condition that is a result of simple "wearing-out" of a joint
Osteoarthritis
chondr/o
cartilage
protection
The type of bone found in an epiphysis
spongy bone
Good bones mean
An injury to a ligament of a joint
sprain
kyph/o
hump
We walk on two legs because our skeletal system serves as
framework
Arm and legs are part of what division of the skeleton
Appendicular
Joined by a joint cavity lined with a synovial membrane and filled with synovial fluid.
Synovial joints (freely moving)
A fine fracture that does not completely break or displace the bone and appears as a "hair" on the x-ray
hairline fracture
oste/o
bone
These bones are longer than they are wider and are found in the arms and legs
Dense, hard tissue normally forming the shaft of long bones and the outer layer of other bones
compact bone
The hip is a type of
Ball-and-socket joint (synovial)
A break that remains contained within the body
simple or closed fracture
scoli/o
crooked or bent
These thin bones can be curved or flat and make up the cranium and the ribs
flat bones
A tough, fibrous connective tissue that covers bone
periosteum
Your elbows and knees are types of
hinge joints (freely moving)
A bone that is crushed to the point of splintering
comminuted fracture
tars/o
ankle
Minerals and fat are found in bones because of this function of the skeletal system
storage
Microscopic cylindrical-shaped units that have mature bones cells forming concentric circles around blood vessels
Osteons or Haversian systems
Your neck is a type of
pivot joint
A fracture in which the bone is pushed through the skin
thorac/o
chest
It's felt in
Instead of Haversian systems, spongy bone has bars and plates called
trabeculae
Soft spots present at birth are called _______ and are a results of unfused sutures of the skull
fontanels
Bones can heal normally only if
the ends are touching