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Med Language Ch. 8
Turley - Orthopedics -Skeletal System
Question | Answer |
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orth/o- | straight |
ped/o- | child |
-ics | practice;knowledge |
cranial | pertaining to the skull |
ossicles | three tiny bones of the middle ear |
humerus | upper arm bone |
sternum | breast bone |
fossa | shallow depression |
clavicle | collar bone |
scapula | shoulder blade |
foramen | hole in a bone (through which vessels or nervous tissues pass) |
acetabulum | deep socket of the hip joint |
carpals | eight wrist bones |
phalanges | bones of the fingers |
digits | fingers or toes |
metacarpals | five main bones of the hands |
calcaneus | heel bone |
tarsal | pertaining to the ankle |
patella | kneecap bone |
metatarsal | five main bones of the mid foot |
hallux | great (big) toe |
femur | thigh bone |
ligament | connective tissue that holds bones together |
periosteum | a thick fibrous membarane that covers a bone |
diaphysis | shaft of a bone |
epiphysis | widened end of a bone where growth takes place |
medullary cavity | center of a bone with is filles with yellow bone marrow |
cancellous bone | spongy bone found in the epiphyses which are filled with yellow bone marrow |
cortical bone | a layer of dense compact bone for weight bearing found along the shaft (diaphysis) |
ossification | the gradual replacing of cartilage with bone that takes place as the body matures |
fontanel | soft spot on a baby's head where the sutures are still open |
lacrim/o- | tears |
axial skeleton | bonesw of the head, chest and back |
appendicular skeleton | bones of the shoulder, upper and lower extremities |
cervical vertebrae | bones of the spinal column of the neck (7) |
thoracic vertebrae | Vertebrae T1 - T12 of the spinal column of the chest. (ribs attach to these vertebra) |
lumbar vertebrae | Vertebra L1 - L5 of the lower back |
coccyx | several small fused vertebra inferior to the sacrum (also know as the tail bone) |
pelvis | made up of the ischium, ilium and pubis. |
joint | anywhere two bones come together (articulate) |
suture joint | immoveable joint in the skull which contains no cartilage |
symphysis joint | a slightly moveable joint with a fibrocartilage pad or disc between the bones (between vertebral discs or the pubic bones) |
synovial joint | a fully moveable joint (hinge (knee, elbow) or ball and socket (hip and shoulder)) has two bones whose ends are covered with cartilage |
-malacia | softening of the tissues (including bone) |
kyphosis | abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the upper back causing a hump |
oste/o- | combining form meaning bone |
lordosis | abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar or cervical area (swayback) |
anklyosis | stiffening and immobility of a joint due to disease |
hypotonia | decreased muscle tone |
spondylolisthesis | any forward slipping of one vertebral body over another |
chondr/o- | combining form meaning "cartilage" |
cost/o- | combining form meaning "rib" |
spondyl/o- | spinal cord |
-olisthesis | abnormal condition with slipping |