Abbreviations
The abbreviation for Lumbar Vertebra
What is L?
The two divided portions of the skeletal system
What is the axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton?
Another name for joints
What are articulations?
A bone marking with smooth, rounded protuberance at a joint
what is condyle?
The root word of osteoarthritis
What is oste/o?
The abbreviation for metacarpophalangeal
What is MCP?
The immovable joints in the skull
What are sutures
Joint classification that means “slightly moveable"
What is symphysis?
A bone marking that is a hollow cavity
What is fossa?
Tuberculosis of the spine
What is Potts Disease?
The abbreviation AK
What is Above the knee?
The number of vertebrae in the spinal column
What is 26
What is synovial or diarthrosis?
A bone marking that is a space or channel, such as the air-filled spaced in certain skull bones
What is sinus?
The enzyme needed for bone calcification
What are alkaline phosphates?
The abbreviation TMJ
What is Temporomandibular joint?
Consists of 12 pairs of ribs joined together by cartilage to the sternum
What is the thorax?
Connects the articulation of bones and also stabilizes and strengthens synovial joints
What are ligaments?
A bone marking that is a large, blunt projection at the top of the femur
What is trochanter?
The medical specialty concentrates on diseases of the skeletal and muscular systems
What is Orthopedics?
The abbreviation MTP
What is metatarsophalangeal?
The three fused bones that make up each pelvic bone.
What is ilium, ischium, and pubis?
The name of a small sac of synovial fluid that cushions the area around a joint
What is bursa?
A bone marking that is a passage or channel, such as a long channel within a bone; also the external opening of a canal
What is meatus?
The process of scraping and removing damaged bone from a joint
What is osteoplasty?