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MA 1 UNIT 2
VOCAB
Question | Answer |
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ACROMIUM | OUTWARD EXTENSION OF THE SHOULDER BONE |
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE ARTHRITIS WITH STIFFENING OF JOINTS, PRIMARILY OF THE SPINE |
ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS |
ARTICUALR CARTILAGE | THIN LAYER OF CARTILAGE AT THE ENDS OF LONG BONES |
ARTICULATION | JOINT |
BURSA; BURSAE | SACS OF FLUID AROUND A JOINT |
CANCELLOUS BONE | SPONGY, POROUS BONE TISSUE |
CARTILAGE | FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
COMPACT BONE | HARD, DENSE BONE TISSUE |
CONDYLE | KNUCKLE-LIKE PROCESS AT THE END OF A BONE, NEAR THE JOINT |
DIAPHYSIS | SHAFT OF A LONG BONE |
DISLOCATION | DISPLACEMENT OF A BONE FROM ITS JOINT |
EPIPHYSIS | END OF A LONG BONE |
FONTANELLE | SOFT SPOT ON AN INFANT'S SKULL |
FORAMEN | OPENING IN BONES WHERE BLOOD VESSELS & NERVES ENTER & LEAVE |
FRACTURE | SUDDEN BREAK OF A BONE |
HAVERSIAN CANAL | MINUTE SPACES FILLED WITH BLOOD VESSELS, FOUND IN COMPACT BONE |
INTERVERTEBRAL DISK | A FIBROCARTILAGE SUBSTANCE BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE |
JOINT | THE POINT AT WHICH 2 BONES COME TOGETHER |
LIGAMENT | CONNECTIVE TISSUE BINDING BONES TO OTHER BONES |
OLECRANON | LARGE PROCESS FORMING THE ELBOW |
OSTEOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE & BONE MARROW DUE TO A PYOGENIC INFECTION |
OSTEOPOROSIS | THINNING & WEAKENING OF BONE DUE TO LOSS OF CALCIUM |
PERIOSTEUM | MEMBRANE SURROUNDING BONES |
RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS | A CHRONIC DISEASE IN WHICH JOINTS BECOME INFLAMED & PAINFUL |
SINUS | CAVITY WITHIN A BONE |
SPRAIN | TRAUMA TO A JOINT, WITH PAIN, SWELLING, & INJURY TO LIGAMENTS |
SYNOVIAL CAVITY | SPACE BETWEEN BONES AT A SYNOVIAL JOINT |
SYNOVIAL FLUID | VISCOUS FLUID AT A SYNOVIAL CAVITY |
TENDON | CONNECTIVE TISSUE WHICH BINDS MUSCLES TO BONES |
ANKYL/O | CROOKEDBENTSTIFF |
ARTHR/O | JOINT |
ARTICUL/O | JOINT |
BURS/O | BURSA |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
FIBROS/O | FIBROUS |
LIGAMENT/O | LIGAMENTS |
LUMB/O | LOINSLOWER BACK |
MYEL/O | BONE MARROW |
SCOLI/O | CROOKEDBENT |
SYNOVI/O | SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE |
TEN/O | TENDON |
-BLAST | IMMATURE CELL |
-CLASIS | TO BREAK |
-CLAST | TO BREAK |
-MALACIA | SOFTENING |
-PHYSIS | TO GROW |
-POROSIS | PASSAGE |
-SCHISIS | TO SPLIT |