Structure of Bone
Joints
The Skeleton
Fractures
Diagnostic/Treatments
100

The tough, fibrous tissue that forms the outermost covering of bone

What is the periosteum?

100

the place of union between two or more bones

What is articulation?

100
Skeleton:  Number 1

What is the axial skeleton?

100

Fracture where bone is broken but no open wound in the skin

What is a closed/simple fracture?

100

another term for radiograph, use of x-radiation to visualize bone fractures

What is an x-ray?

200

The shaft of a long bone

What is the diaphysis?

200

inflexible layers of dense connective tissue. do not allow movement.  also known as sutures

What are fibrous joints?

200

Skeleton: #2

What is the femur?

200

type of fracture where the bone is splintered or crushed

What is comminuted fracture?

200

surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint

What is an arthrodesis?

300

Normal projection on the surface of a bone that serves as an attachment for a muscle or tendon

What is a process?

300

slight movement. Examples include ribs and pubic symphysis

What is cartilaginous joints?

300

Skeleton:  #3

What is the temporal bone?

300

fracture in which the bone is broken and there is an open wound in the skin

What is an open fracture?

300

Surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint

What is a synovectomy?

400

the central cavity located in the shaft of long bones, where it is surrounded by compact bone.  Red and Yellow bone marrow is stored.

What is the medullary cavity?

400

freely moveable joints.

What are synovial joints?

400

Skeleton #4:

What is the vertebral foramen?

400

type of fracture that is incomplete, often occurs in children

What is a greenstick fracture?

400

type of procedure where a thin tube is inserted through the skin of the back to suction out ruptured disk

What is a percutaneous diskectomy?

500

An opening in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass

What is a foramen?

500

Acts as a lubricant to make the smooth movement of the joint possible

What is the synovial fluid?

500

Skeleton #5

What is the calcaneous?

500

another name for a fractured write-occurs at the lower end of the radius

What is a Colles' fracture?

500

also known as manipulation-attempted realignment of the bone in a fracture-cast

What is a closed reduction?