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chapter 3
med terms
Term | Definition |
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articul/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cost | rib |
kyph/o | humpback |
lord/o | bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
rhabd/o | rob shaped or straited (skeletal) |
thorac/o | chest |
appendicular skeleton | bones of the shoulder girdle, pelvis and limbs (arms and legs) |
axial skeleton | bones of the skull, vertebral column, chest and hyoid bone |
sesamoid bones | round bones found near joints (e.g., the patella) |
epiphysis | wide ends of a long bone (physis = growth) |
diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
metaphysis | growth zone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis during development of a long bone |
endosteum | membrane lining the medullary cavity of a bone |
medullary cavity | cavity within the shaft of the long bones filled with bone marrow |
periosteum | a fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone |
articulation | the point where two bones come together; also called joint |
bursa | a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
nucleus pulposus | the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk |
synovial membrane | membrane lining the capsule of a joint |
striated muscle | voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton |
smooth muscle | involuntary muscle found in internal organs |
fascia | a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |
decubitus | lying down |
pronantion | turning of the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) downward or backward |
supination | turning of the the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) upward or forward |
crepitation | grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or by broken bones |
subluxation | partial dislocation |
osteomalacia | disease marked by softening of the bone caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency |