Bones!
Fractures
Joints
Suffixes
Word Roots
200

The bone in the upper arm.

What is the humerus?

200

A fracture that does not break the skin.

What is simple/closed?

200

These structures connect bone to bone, and bone to muscle.

What are ligaments and tendons?

200

-malacia

What is softening?

200

oste/o

What is bone?

400

Your kneecap.

What is your patella?

400

A fracture that happens in a straight line.

What is transverse?

400

This type of joint allows for no movement.

What is synarthrosis?

400

-clasia

What is to break?

400

scoli/o

What is crooked, curved?

600

The larger of your two lower leg bones.

What is your tibia?

600

A fracture from a twisting motion.

What is spiral?

600

This type of joint allows for free motion.

What is diarthrosis?

600

-algia

What is pain?

600

lord/o

What is bent forward, increased concavity?
800

The bone on the thumb side of your forearm.

What is your radius?

800

A partial fracture across the bone.

What is greenstick?

800

This type of joint allows for some movement.

What is amphiarthrosis?

800

-schisis

What is split, fissure?

800

myel/o

What is bone marrow or spinal cord?

1000

Your hands.

What are your metacarpals?

1000

"Shattering" of a bone, leaving fragments.

What is comminuted?

1000

This is the closed, fluid-filled sac in a joint that acts as a cushion.

What is the bursa?

1000

-asthenia

What is weakness?

1000

spondyl/o

What is vertebra, spine?