Meat and Bones Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| DJD | degenerative joint disease |
| fx | fracture |
| IVDD | intervertebral disc disease |
| P1 | phalanx 1 |
| P2 | phalanx 2 |
| P3 | phalanx 3 or coffin bone in the horse |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| ROM | range of motion |
| tax/o | combining form for coordination or order |
| gastr/o | combining form for stomach |
| clon/o | combining form for violent action (spasm) |
| oste/o | combining form for bone |
| -blasts | immature |
| -clasts | break |
| hemat/o | combining form for blood |
| oste/o, oss/e, oss/i | combining form for bone |
| arthr/o | combining form for joint |
| chondr/o | combining form for cartilage |
| epi- | above |
| physis- | growth |
| dia- | between |
| peri- | surrounding |
| -um | structure |
| endo- | within or inner |
| meta- | beyond |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| ligament/o | combining form for ligament |
| ten/o, tend/o, and tendin/o | combining form for tendon |
| burs/o | combining form for bursa |
| synovi/o | combining form for synovial membrane and synovial fluid |
| spondyl/o and vertebr/o | combining form for vertebra |
| disc/o | combining form for discs |
| ante- | before |
| cost/o | combining form for rib |
| onchy/o | combining form for claw |
| meta- | beyond |
| ankyl/o | combining form for bent or stiff |
| goni/o | combining form for angle or seed |
| -desis | means to bind or surgical fixation of a bone or joint |
| fasci/o or fasc/i | combining form for fascia |
| aponeur/o | combining form for aponeurosis which is a fibrous sheet that provides attachment to muscular fibers and is a means of origin or insertion of a flat muscle |
| my/o | combining form for muscle |
| fibr/o and fibros/o | combining form for fibrous tissue |
| syn- | together |
| erg | work |
| agon | struggle |
| anti- | against |
| ton/o | combining form for tone, tension or stretching |
| epi- | above |
| kinesi/o | combining form for movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| hematopoietic | pertaining to the formation of blood |
| fontanelle | soft spot remaining at the junction of sutures that usually closes after birth |
| synarthroses | allow no movement |
| amphiarthroses | allow slight movement |
| diarthroses | allow free movement |
| suture | a jagged line where bones join and form a nonmovable joint; found in the skull |
| ligament | band of fibrous connective tissue that connects one bone to another bone to help stabilize joints |
| tendon | band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone to help the animal move |
| axial skeleton | framework of the body that includes the skull, auditory ossicles, hyoid bones, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum |
| appendicular skeleton | framework of the body that consists of the extremities, shoulder, and pelvic girdle |
| foramen | opening |
| sternum | breastbone |
| manubrium | cranial portion of the sternum |
| xiphoid | caudal portion of the sternum |
| ungulate | animal with hooves |
| splint bones | metacarpals and metatarsals II and IV |
| cannon bone | third metacarpal or metatarsal bone |
| fetlock joint | joint between metacarpal (metatarsal) III and the proximal phalanx |
| pastern joint | joint between P1 and P2 |
| coffin joint | joint between P2 and P3 |
| P1 | long pastern |
| P2 | short pastern |
| P3 | coffin bone |
| sesamoid bones | small nodualr bones embedded in a tendon or joint capsule |
| navicular bone | in horses is the common name for the sesamoid bone located inside the hoof on the palmar or plantar surface of P3 |
| patella | large sesamoid bone in the rear limb |
| stifle joint | joint that houses the patella |
| muscle origin | place where a muscle begins, or originates, and is the more fixed attachment or the end of the muscle closest to the midline |
| muscle insertion | place where a muscle ends, or inserts, and is the more movable end or portion of the muscle farthest from the midline |
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