Ch 5 bones WAW Flashcards
Foramina/Forman
Holes
19
Number of carples
Lubrum
a ring of cartilage or soft tissue that stabilizes ball and socket joints
Synarthrotic
Limited motion
Fossa
A shallow depression
Wolffs law
When bone is put under pressure it will it will remodel itself to me more dense
Rheumatoid arthritis
Chronic, systemic, autoimmune inflammation disease; Inflammation causes the Articular cartallige to erode and the joints to calcify
osteoporosis
Increased porosity of the bones; bones begin to slowly demineralize
Tubercle
Small rough projection
Irregular
Unusual shape
Epiphyseal line
Line of cartilage responsible for growth in the bone
Hyaline
cartilage that contains little fibrous tissue embedded matrix
Ligament
a type of connective tissue that connects bones together
Gout
high concentration of uric acid in the blood that precipitates out into the synovial spaces in the form of sharp, needle-like crystals.
206
Total amount of bones in body
Sesamoid
bones embedded inside tendons
Femur
Reginon of the thigh
26
Number of vertebrae
Rotation
Allow structures to turn
Tuberocity
Large and rough projection
Condyle
rounded projection
Articulation
A joint
tendon
Connective tissue that holds muscles to bone
Bursists
inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs that cushion joints and tendons
Diaphysis
The shaft of the bone between the epiphysis
Red marrow
Red blood cells formation inside the medullary cavity
Osteocyte
bone cells that reside within the mineralized bone matrix
