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Chapter 3 (Skeletal System) Flashcards

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Oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o

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Bone

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Myel/o

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Bone Marrow (also spinal cord)

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Athr/o

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Joint

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Ligament/o

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Ligament

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Synovi/o, synov/o

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Synovial membraine

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Burs/o

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Bursa

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7
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Osteoclast

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Breaks down bone

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Osteoblast

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Builds up new bone

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9
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Peri-

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Surrounding

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10
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Compact bone (cortical Bone)

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Dense bone (75% of bone mass)

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Spongy bone (cancellous Bone)

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Conains Red bone Marrow

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12
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Medullary Cavity

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Central cavity in shaft of long bones

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13
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endosteum

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tissue that lines of medullary cavity

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End-

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Within

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15
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Red bone marrow

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Hematopoietic (forms red and white blood cells, heloglobin, and thrombocytes)

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16
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-poietic

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Pertaining to the formation

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17
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yellow bone marrow

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Fat storage

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18
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articular cartilage

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Covers surfaces of bones where they articulate

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Fibrous joints (sutures in adults)

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Inflexible layers of DCT

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20
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Fontanelles

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Soft spots

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21
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Crani/o

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skull

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22
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cost/o

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Ribs

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23
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Xyph/o

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xyphoid process

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24
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Cleido, clavicul/o

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Clavicle

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Scapul/o

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Scapula

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26
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Humer/o

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Humerus

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Uln/o

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Ulna

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Radi/o

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Radius

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Carp/o

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carbpals

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Metacarp/o

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Metacarples

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Phalang/o

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Phalanges

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pelvi

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Pelvis

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Ili/o

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Ilium

34
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Ischi/o

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Ischium

35
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Pub/o

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Pubis

36
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ankyl-

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crooked bent or stiff

37
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capsul

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little box

38
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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

40
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Hallux valgus

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Bunion

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Osteoarthritis

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Wear and tear arthritis

42
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spondyl-

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Vertebrae

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gout

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formation of urate crystals

44
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Ankylosing

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progressive stiffening of joint or joints

45
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Osteomalacia

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Adult rickets softening of bones

46
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Paget’s Disease

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Break down of bone, odd formation of bone

47
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radicul/o

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root or nerve

48
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Rickets

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defective bone growth

49
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Spinal stenosis

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Narrowing of spaces in the spine

50
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Multiple Myeloma

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Cancer of red bone marrow

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Osteochondroma

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Benign boney projection covered in cartilage

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Colles fracture

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brocken wrist (radius fracture)

53
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fat embolus

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Long bone fracture, yellow bone marrow

54
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Crepitation

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popping/cracking sound

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callus

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bulging deposit around the area of the break

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Radiography

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x-ray imaging

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Dual x-ray absoptiometry

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Bone density, more accurate than ultrasonic bone density

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Biphosphonates

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Slow loss of bone due to osteoporosis

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Athrodesis

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surgical fusion of bones

60
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

61
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percutaneous vertebroplasty

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injection of bone cement to stabilize compression fractures within the spinal column

62
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laminectomy

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Removal of lamina (posterior of vetebra)

63
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Osteotomy

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Cutting, reshaping of a bone

64
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BDT, OA, OP, PKR, PMR, RA, THR, TKR

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bone density testing, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, partial knee replacement, polymyalgia rheumatica, rhuematoid arthritis, total hip replacement, total knee replacement

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