Chapter 3 Flashcards
Osteogenesis
The new formation of bone
-cyte
means cell
-blast
immature/embryonic cell
-clast
to breakdown
-lysis
destruction
Osteolysis
destruction of bone
-lytic
capable of
Osteolytic
capable of destroying bone
-dynia
pain
-algia
pain
Ostealgia
bone pain
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-itis
imflamation
-penia
deffiencey
-porosis
porosity (pores)
Osteopenia
a decrease in bone (bone density)
Osteoporosis
you lose the density in your bone and it causes you to become weak and you can break your bones.
Most common in women
-malacia
softening
Osteomalacia
causes bone to become abnormally soft
-poiesis
production
-poietic
capable of production (having the ability to produce)
Hematopoiesis
means production of blood cells
Hematopoietic
having the ability to cause production of blood cells