Skeletal Anatomy
Types of Joints/Ribs
Disorders
Anatomy
Wild Card
100
the area where cranial bones have joined together
What is the suture?
100
the ribs that attach directly to the sternum on the front of the body
What are true ribs?
100
Inflammation in the joints
What is arthritis?
100
the wrist bone
What is the carpal?
100
a bone that is forcibly displaced from a joint
What is dislocation?
200
the tough membrane on the outside of bone
What is periosteum?
200
the type of joint that is freely moveable
What is diarthrosis?
200
Cracks or breaks in the bone
What is a fracture?
200
the eight bones that surround and protect the brain
What is the cranium?
200
the inflammation of small, fluid-filled sacs surrounding joints
What is bursitis?
300
the two bones that form the pelvic girdle
What are oscoxae?
300
the ribs that attach to the cartilage of the ribs above
What are false ribs?
300
Disease in which bones become porous or soft and likely to fracture
What is osteoporosis?
300
Sternum
What is the breastbone?
300
the side-to-side or lateral curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
400
the connective tissues that hold bones together
What are ligaments?
400
the joints called that are slightly moveable
What are amphiarthrosis?
400
Damage to ligaments in a joint
What is a sprain?
400
the material found in some bones that produces blood cells
What is red marrow?
400
the air spaces in the bones of the skull
What are sinuses?
500
bones that form the extremities
What is appendicular?
500
the immoveable joints of the cranium
What is synarthrosis?
500
a bone inflammation usually caused by a pathogenic organism
What is osteomyelitis?
500
the medial bone of the lower leg
What is the tibia?
500
Tarsal
What is the ankle bone?