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Final Exam: Skeletal System Flashcards

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Bursa

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Small sacs filled with synovial fluid that are found at moveable joints

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Arthritis

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Inflammation of a joint

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Function of most bone mark is

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Formation of muscle attachment and joints

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Diaphysis

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The shaft of the long bone

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Endosperm

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A membrane that lines the cavity inside a long bone

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Epiphysis

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The ends of a long bone

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Fontanel

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Fibrous membranes between the bones of a baby’s skull

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Articulation

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Another term for joint

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Periosteum

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A membrane that covers the outside of the bone

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Synovial

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A type of protective fluid found at moveable joints

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Haversian canal

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Microscopic space in bone through which blood vessels and nerves travel

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Medullary cavity

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Space within the shaft of a long bone

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Congenital

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A term that means “present at birth”

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The number of thoracic vertebrae

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12

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The number of lumbar vertebrae

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5

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The number of cervical vertebrae

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7

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The number of vertebrae in infants

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33-34

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Bursitis

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An infection of the bursa

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Pectoral girdle

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The clavicle and the scapula make up this

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Lordosis

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An excessive, abnormal lumbar curvature

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Scoliosis

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A lateral curvature of the spine

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The number of vertebrae in adults

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26

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Simple break in a bone that does not protrude through skin

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Closed

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A bone fracture common in children, breaks like young wood, an incomplete fracture

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Green stick

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Fracture in which bone has been twisted apart

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Spiral

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I moveable joint between bones of the cranium

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Suture

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Cleft palate

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Deformity in which the maxilla bones fail to fuse correctly

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Fracture in which the skin is torn and the bone protrudes through the skin

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Open

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Flat feet

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Condition in which the tendons and ligaments along the foot arch are weakened and the arch flattens

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The number of pairs of ribs in humans

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12

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Atlas

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The first cervical vertebra

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Axis

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The second cervical vertebra

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Compact

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The type of dense bone on the outside of the bone

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Connects the ribs to the sternum

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Costal cartilage

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Osteoporosis

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Disorder in which there is a significant lack of calcium in the bones

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Kyphosis

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Abnormal thoracic curvature of the spine

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False ribs

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Three pairs of ribs that attach to the costal cartilage of the 7th rib

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Floating ribs

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Last two pairs of ribs that have no anterior attachment

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Lacunae

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A space in which the osteocyte is located

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Osteopenia

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Disorder in which there is a mild lack of calcium in the bone

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Head

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A large, round, knob like projection of a home has a neck

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Process

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Raised area of a bone

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Foramen

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A hole in a bone

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Fossa

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Depression in a bone

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Meatus

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A canal in a bone

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Spine

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A sharp projection of a bone

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Condyle

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A rounded projection

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Spongy

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Style of bone tissue with large spaces that is filled with red bone marrow, found on the inside of the bone

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A large hole in the skull through which the spinal chord passes

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Foramen magnum

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Found in the medullary cavity of long bones, composed of fat

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Yellow bone marrow

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Cervical and lumbar curves,not born with

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Secondary curves

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Gout

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Uric acid crystals deposited at joints

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Osteo

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Prefix meaning bone

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Another term for pelvis or hip bone

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Os coxae

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Pubic symphysis

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The joint between two pelvic bones

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Spins bifida

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A congenital defect in which the spinal cord is not completely enclosed in the vertebral column

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Sinus

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An air space in the skull bone that makes the skull lighter

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Epiphyseal plate

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Growth plate

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Osteomyelitis

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Infection of bone

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Osteitis deformans

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Abnormal calcium deposits in bone leading to deformities

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Primary curves

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Thoracic and sacral, born with these

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Rickets (osteomalacia)

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A bone disorder caused by lack of vitamin d which results in lack of calcium salts in bone

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Diarthrosis

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Freely moveable joint (synovial)

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Ampiarthrosis

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Slightly moveable (cartilaginous)

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Synarthrosis

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Immovable joint (fibrous)

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How many bones in adult human Skeleton

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206

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Circumduction

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Moving body part in a circle

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Rotation

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Swiveling body part on its axis

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Adduction

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Bringing a body part toward the body

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Abduction

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Bringing a body part away from the body

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Plantar flexion

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Pointing your toe

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Flexion

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Bending a body part

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Extension

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Straightening a body part

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Supination

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Palm up

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