Chapter 7 Review Flashcards

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Tough connective tissues structures that attach bones to bones

A

Ligaments

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1
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Manufacture blood cells

A

Hematopoiesis

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2
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The formation of bone by osteoblasts

A

Ossification

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3
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Attach muscle to bone

A

Tendons

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4
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Connective tissue consisting chiefly of fat cells

A

Yellow bone marrow

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5
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Richly supplied with blood and consists of blood cells and their precursors

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Red bone marrow

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6
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Disease caused by deficiencies int the minerals calcium and phosphorus or by deficiencies in vitamin d and sunlight

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Rickets

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7
Q

The bones fail to ossify, resulting in soft, weak bones that are easily broken

A

Osteomalacia

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8
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The bone protrudes through the skin or if skin is not perforated

A

Open or compound

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9
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An incomplete fracture

A

Green stick fracture

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10
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Are small rounded bones

A

Sesamoid bones

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11
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Unique component of the axial Skelton b/c it has no articulations with other bones

A

Hyoid bone

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12
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The cervical vertebrae are the smallest vertebrae. The first one of two

A

Atlas

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13
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Second vertebrae of the cervical vertebraes

A

Axis

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14
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Abnormal accentuated lumbar curvature

A

Lordosis

Swayback

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15
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Twisted condition, abnormal lateral curvature of the spine that occurs most often the thoracic region

A

Scoliosis

16
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Disorder of the skeletal system characterized by a decrease in bone mass with accompanying increased susceptibility to bone fractures

A

Osteoporosis

17
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A common nonmetabolic disease of bone whose cause is unknown

A

Paget’s disease

18
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The result of excessive endochondral ossification at the epiphyseal plates of long bones

A

Gigantism

19
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Congenital defect in the development of the posterior vertebral arch

A

Spinda bifida

20
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A rupture of the fibrocartilage surrounding an intervertebral disk that cushions the vertebrae above and below

A

Herniated disk

21
Q

Injury affects the cervical vertebrae and their associated muscles and ligaments

A

Whiplash

22
Q

A chronic condition caused by over activity of the anterior pituitary gland

A

Acromegaly

23
Q

Most commonly broken bone in the body

A

Fractured clavicle