02/17/25 Flashcards
Porosity
Pore or passage
Physics
Grow
Malacia
Softening
Loathesis
Slipping
A forward skipping of a vertebra over a lower vertebra
Scoli
Crooked, bent or lateral curvature of the spine
Oste
Bone
Orth
Straight
Myel
Bone marrow
Lumb
Loins or lower back
Lord
Curve or swayback
Kyph
Humpback
Curvature in the thoracic region
Tibi
Tibia
Larger lower leg bone
Tars
Bones of the ankle
Stern
Breast bone
Scapul
Shoulder bone
On your upper back
Uln
The other one that makes up the forearm
Radi
Lower arm bone on the thumb side and it makes up part of the forearm
Pelv
Pelvis or hip bones
Patell
Knee cap
Metatars
Literally beyond the tarsal bones
Metacarp
Hand bones
Meta
Beyond
Maxill
Upper jaw
Malleol
Processes on each side of the ankle
Humer
Upper arm bone
Fibul
Smaller lower leg bone
Femor
Thigh bone and the largest bone in the body
Cost
Rib
Clavicul
Collar bone
Carp
Bones of the wrist
Calcane
Heel bone
Tuberosity
Large, rounded prices on a bone
Tubercle
Small, rounded process on a bone
Paranasal sinus
A sinus is a cavity within a a bone
Hemopoiesis
Red bone marrow is found in bone
Pubic Symphysis
Area of fusion of the two pubic bones
Periosteum
Membrane surrounding bones
Osteoblast
Bone cell that absorbs and removes unwanted bone tissue
Ossification
Process of bone formation
Olecranon
Large process forming the elbow
Malleolus
Round process found on both sides of the ankle joint
Fossa
Shallow cavity in a bone
Foramen
Opening our passage in bones where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave
Floating ribs
Ribs numbered 11 and 12
Fissure
A narrow, slit like opening between bones
False ribs
Ribs 8-10
In the paid 12 that are within the body
Facial bones
Bones of the face
Epiphysis
End of a long bone
Epiphyseal Plate
Cartilaginous area at the end of long bones where lengthwise growth takes place
Intervertebral disk
Substance between the vertebrae
Disk/Disc
Flat, round plate like structure
Diaphysis
Shady or mid portion of a long bone
Cranial bones
Skull bones
Condyle
Knuckle like process at the end of a bone near the joint
Cartilage tissue
Flexible, rubbery connective tissues found on joint surfaces and in the embryonic skeleton
Calcium
One of the mineral constituents of bone
Vertebra
Back bone
Cervical (neck)
Thoracic (upper back)
Lumbar (lower back)
Diaphyses off long bones
Yellow bone marrow