Skeletal
This forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle and leg bones
Appendicular skelton
The upper jaw is called?
Maxilla
Type of arthritis occurs as a result of aging
osteoarthritis
What are the most common sites for sprains
wrists and ankles
This is where 2 bones join together
joints
2 boes form your cheeks
Zygomatic
2 ends of long bone
epiphysis
inflammation of the fluid sac surounding A joint
Burstis
fx common in children
greenstick
This is the medical word for the outward curvature of the thoracic vertebrea
kyphosis
Space, or soft spot, in the head that allows for enlargement of the skull
fontanels
outside bone covered with tough membrane called
periasteum
Name 3 symptoms of osteomyelitis
Pain @ site, swelling, chills, fever
explain difference bet/w open and closed
reducion of a fracture
medical term for the ribs
costae
Name the bones that make up the os coxae
ilium, ischium, and pubis
Slightly movable joints
Amphiarthrosis
Osteoporosis name 2 causes
hormone deficiency, prolonged lack of calcium, sedementory lifestyle
Breaking/dislatch of the distal radius that causes characteristic bulge at the wrist
colles
opening in bone that allows nerves and bl vessels to enter and leave the bone
foramina
on the dorsal surface of the body, floating ribs attach yo
throracic vertebrae
Found in certain bones, such as ribs, vertebrae, sternum, cranium and in the proximal ends of the humerous anhd fenur
red marrow
the surgical removal of a protruding disc
laminectomy
Bone fragments/ splinters into more than 2 pieces
comminuted
This section of the long bone contains yellow marrow
medullary canal