Medical Terminology
Arthr
What is joint
Name the structures of the axial skeleton.
What are the skull, spine, and ribs?
The production of the cellular components of blood
What is Hemopoiesis
Which fracture is described by the bone breaking into many pieces
what is a comminuted fracture
The shaft of a long bone
What is diaphysis
Costo-
What is rib
What are the ends of the long bone?
What is epiphysis?
Storage depot for minerals like calcium and phosphorus
What is mineral storage
A side-to-side or lateral curvature of the spine is...
what is scoliosis
Bone forming cells
What is osteoblasts
Oseto
What is bone
Name the structures of the appendicular skeleton
What are the shoulder girdles, wrists, hands, legs, feet, arms, and the pelvic girdle?
Protects internal organs by covering or surrounding them
What is protection
what is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the connective tissue and joints
what is Rheumatoid Arthritis
The outer covering of long bones
What is periosteum
Myleo
What is bone marrow
What are the 5 types of bones?
What is long, flat, short, irregular, and sesamoid bones?
Keeps the body upright and provides a framework
What is support
When the joint is moved into an abnormal position
what is a sprain
The second largest bone of the skeletal system, which attaches to the scapula to form a ball-and-socket joint
What is the humerus
Chondro
What is cartilage
What are the 3 types of joints?
What is diarthroses, amphiarthroses, and syntharthrose?
Flexion, circumduction, extension, abduction, rotation, and adduction are examples of
What is allowing movement
Bones become soft due to a lack of calcification
What is osteomalacia
What disorder is usually found in children and is caused by a lack of vitamin D
What is rickets