Vocab Flashcards
Appendicular system
Consists of fore and hind limbs.
Axial system
Consists of the skull and vertbrae
Comminuted fracture
Bone shatters into many pieces
Compound fracture
Bone breaks through the skin
Diaphysis
Body of a long bone
Endosteum
Thin layer of bone covering,
Lines medullary cavity
Epiphysis
Enlarged ends of long bone
Fissure fracture
Break along the long axis of a bone
Flat bone
Plate of bone,
Usually thin and curved.
Ex: scapula
Greenstick fracture
Break on one side of bone, usually due to a bending force.
Irregular bone
Complex and irregularly shaped bone
Ex: vertebrae
Long bone
Bone longer than it is wide.
Ex: humerus, radius, and femur.
Medullary cavity
Space within the bone filled with marrow
Metaphysis
Joining point of epiphysis and diaphysis
Ossification
Process by which tissue and cartilage becomes bone
Periosteum
Thin layer of Bone covering
Sesamoid
Small, seed shaped bone embedded in a tendon
Ex: proximal and distal sesamoids.
Short bone
Cube shaped bone
Ex: bones of the carpus and tarsus
Simple fracture
Bone doesn’t break through the skin
Skeleton
Framework of structures that support and protect the body.
Synovial joint
Freely moveable joints
Transverse fracture
Break completely across the bone
