Skeletal System
This part of the skeletal system is made up of the skull, vertebral column and thorax.
What is the axial skeleton?
This type of muscle is found in visceral organs.
What is smooth?
This type of fracture protrudes through the skin.
What is an open or compound fracture?
Term meaning beginning or formation of bone.
What is osteogenesis?
This is the longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
The band of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
What is tendon?
This is an abnormal condition occurring in adults that is the weakening of the bones due to a calcium deficiency.
What is osteoporosis?
Inflammation of a bone and joint.
What is osteoarthritis?
Vertebrae C2 is also known as this.
What is the axis?
This type of muscle provides a circular motion.
What is a rotator?
This is the overstretching of a joint ligament.
What is a sprain?
Term meaning visual examination of the interior of a joint and its structures.
What is arthroscopy?
Number of bones in an adult skeleton
What is 206?
This triangular-shaped muscle in the upper arm is a common site for injections.
What is the deltoid?
This chronic syndrome causes generalized pain in muscles and surrounding tissues.
What is fibromyalgia?
Term meaning pertaining to the neck and the face.
What is cervicofacial?
This articulation has no movement at all.
What are suture lines or synarthrosis?
Disease of a muscle.
What is myopathy?
This is also known as "wryneck" and is a stiff neck due to the muscles being in one position for a long period of time.
What is torticollis?
Term meaning tumor of smooth muscle.
Leiomyoma
An immature bone cell.
What is an osteoblast?