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Chabner-15
Chapter 15 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| articulation | Any joint |
| bursa | Sac of fluid around a joint |
| ligament | connective tissue binding bones to other bones; supports, strengthens, and stabilizes the joint. |
| Suture joint | Joint in which apposed surfaces are closely united;motion is minimal |
| synovial cavity | Viscous fluid within the synovial cavity. Similar to egg white. |
| synovial joint | a freely movable joint |
| synovial membrane | Membrane lining the synovial cavity; it produces synovial fluid. |
| Tendon | Connective tissue that binds muscle to bones. |
| acetabulumn | rounded depression or socket in the pelvis which joins the femur forming the hip joint. |
| Bone | Dense hard connective tissue composing the skeleton. |
| Calcium | One of the minerals constituents of bone |
| cartilaginous tissue | Flexible, rubbery, connective tissue. |
| Cancellous Bone | Spongy, porous, bone tissue in the inner part of the bone. |
| collagen | Dense, connective tissue protein strands found in bone & other tissues. |
| Compact bone | Hard dense bone tissue found on the outside of bone. |
| Condyle | Knuckle-like process at the end of a bone near the joint. |
| Cranial bones | skull bones |
| diaphysis | Shaft or mid-portion of a long bone. |
| Disk | Flat, round, plate like structure found between two vertebrae |
| epiphyseal plate | Cartilage found at the end of long bones for lengthwise growth |
| Epiphysis | The area of bone around the epiphyseal plate |
| Facial bones | Bones of the face |
| Fissure | Narrow slit-like opening |
| Fontanelle | Soft spot |
| Foramen | opening on the bones were blood vessels and nerves enter and leave the bones. |
| fossa | Shallow cavity in bone |
| Haversian canals | Minute space filled with blood vessels. Found in compact bone |
| Malleoulus | Round process on both sides of the ankle joint |
| Manubrium | Upper part of the sternum |
| Mastoid process | round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear. |
| Medullary cavity | Central, hollowed-out area in the shaft of the long bone |
| Metaphysis | Flare portion of a long bone between the shaft and the growth plate (Meta-means between) |
| Olecranon | The point of the flexed elbow. Proximal end of the elbow. |
| Osseous tissue | bone tissue |
| ossification | bone formation |
| osteoblast | Bone cell that helps form bone tissue. |
| Osteoclast | Bone cell that removes unwanted bone tissue. |
| Periosteum | Membrane surrounding bones |
| Phosphorus | Mineral substances found in bone |
| Pubic symphsis | Coming together of the two pubic bones |
| Red bone marrow | Found in cancellous bone; site of hematopoiesis |
| Sella turcica | Depresssion in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located |
| Sinus | Hollow air cavity within a bone |
| Styloid process | pole-like process extending down from the temporal bone on each side of the skull |
| Suture | joint between bones |
| Temporomandibidular joint | Connection between the temporal bone of the skull and the mandibular bone of the jaw. |
| Trabeculae | supporting bundles of bony fibers in cancellous bone. |
| tubercle-tuberosity | Rounded, small process on bones. Attachment site for tendons and muscles. |
| Vertebra | Individual back bone |
| xiphoid process | lower portion of the sternum |
| Yellow bone Marrow | fatty tissue found in the medullary cavity of most adult long bones. |
| Acromion | Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder. |
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