S2 T1 Flashcards
What provides structuring or scaffolding of the body, thus supporting, thus supporting and protecting the organs.
The skeletal system
What is the skeleton made of
Bones, cartilage, Ligaments, and Joints.
How many bones are in the body
206
Cartilage is located in isolated areas like?
Nose, parts of the ribs, and Joints
What connects bones
Ligaments
What are the junctions between bones that provide remarkable mobility of the skeleton not impeding strength
Joints
A medication used to relieve pain
Analgesics
Medication can treat a fever
antipyretic
Root that means joint
Arthr/o
A specialized connective tissue that protects the ends of the bones creating a smooth surface
Cartilage
Root meaning cartilage
Chondr/o
Root meaning ribs
costa/l
enzyme responsible for the production of prostaglandin
cyclooxygenace
what is the process by which new bone is made by osteoblasts
deposition
what connects bones to bones
ligaments
Root meaning bones
ossi or osteo/o
Cell responsible for making bone
Osteoblast
what does osteoblasts need to form bones
Calcium and phosphates
what cell is responsible for braking down old bone
osteoclast
An osteoblast that has been converted to a bone cell to form bone
osteocyte
An enzyme responsible for symptoms of inflammation
prostaglandin
process that the body recycling old bone in to new bone
remodeling
process that old bone is destroyed by osteoclast
resorbtion
Connective tissue that connects mussel to bone
Tendon