Big words
What is the vocab term for "pertaining to the arm or leg"?
Extremity
What type of joint is the shoulder and hip?
Ball and socket
The sternum body is ______ to the ilium
Superior
define the root word: burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near a joint
Humerus, radius, ulna, metacarpals, femur, tibia, fibula, metatarsals
The ______ skeleton includes 80 bones of the head and trunk.
Axial
What is an example of a hinge joint?
Elbow, knee, ankle
Directional term meaning "away from the midline"
lateral
Define the root word cervic/o
neck
What type of bone is the cranium bones (parietal, occipital, sphenoid, etc)?
Flat
What is the vocab term "a saclike cavity filled with fluid to prevent friction"
Bursa
carpals, tarsals
The tibia is ______ to the fibula
medial
what is the root word that means "foot"
pod/o
What type of bones are the carpals?
short
Fibrous tissue that connects BONE to BONE
The type of joint that is freely movable and surrounded with synovial fluid
Diarthrosis
The maxilla is ________ to the mandible
superior
what is the root word that means "short"
brev/i , brev/o
The patella is what type of bone?
sesamoid
Another word for "joint"
articulation
The type of joint that is immovable (example: cranial bones)
synarthrosis
The metacarpals are ______ to the carpals
distal
what is the root word that means "gradual impairment, breakdown, or diminished function"
degenerat/o
Irregular