Diseases
What is osteomalacia?
softening of the bones
What structure joins bone to bone?
ligament
skelaton
skelato
How many bones are there in the Skeletal System?
206
muscles
muscul/o
osteoarthritis
inflammatory disease of the joints
mastication
chewing
What is your knee cap bone?
patella
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
arthr/o
joint
what is osteoporosis?
abnormal thinning of the bone
What is the heel bone?
calcaneus
obicularis oris
closes lips or presses them together
What are the 3 types of ribs?
true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs
wrist
carp/o
Joint pain due to injury, inflammation, or infection
Arthralgia
digits
fingers and toes
What does the masseter muscle do?
moves the mandible (lower jaw) upward
name 4 bones of the skull
frontal bone, parietal bone, occipital bone, temporal bone, mandible, maxilla, zygoma, ethmoid bone, nasal bone, sphenoid bone, lacrimal bone
sternum or breast bone
stern/o
studies anatomy and physiology of the skeletal and muscular system
orthopedics
What is the abbreviation for fracture?
Fx
What 4 main things do bones do?
provide structural support for body, works with muscles to maintain body posture, produce movement, protect body's organs
lumb/o