Skeletal System
What is the suffix for immature?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
-blast
Inside the diaphysis of the bone is this hollowed out cavity filled with thick fluid.
(Let's make this a TRIPLE!!!)
bone marrow
bones that protect your heart and lungs
ribs
scientific name for the jaw
mandible
breastbone -- middle of your chest
sternum
Suffix meaning to surgically break
(DAILY DOUBLE)
-clasia
Example of an irregular bone (DAILY DOUBLE)
vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, and certain skull bones
What is the combining form for sac?
burs/o
kneecap
patella
What is the combing form for bone marrow?
(DOUBLE!!!)
myel/o
Red bone marrow produces what
blood cells
longest arm bone, which is at the top of the arm.
humerus
Combing form for rib
(DOUBLE!!!)
cost/o
The medical term for bones after the wrist
(DAILY DOUBLE)
metacarpals
bone marrow that stores fats
yellow
bones are connected to one another by
(DAILY DOUBLE)
ligaments
Ankle bones are called _____________.
tarsals
What is the combing form for stiff joint?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
ankyl/o
The medical term for bone disease
Osteopathy
oste/o means what
bone
What the fist part of the spine (in the neck) is called.
cervical
Another name for the skull
Cranium
What two things are connected by a tendon?
Bone and muscle