skeletal system pg 80-4
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| ankyl/o | stiff joint | |
| arthr/O | joint | |
| articul/o | joint | |
| burs/o | sac | |
| carp/o | wrist | |
| cervic/o | neck | |
| chondr/o | cartilage | |
| clavicul/o | clavicle | |
| coccyg/o | coccyx | |
| cortic/o | outer portion | |
| cost/o | rib | |
| crani/o | skull | |
| femur/o | femur | |
| fibul/o | fibula | |
| humer/o | humerus | |
| ili/o | ilium | |
| ischi/o | ischium | |
| kyph/o | hump | |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebrae) | |
| lord/o | bent backwards | |
| lumb/o | loin | |
| mandibul/o | mandible, jaw | |
| maxill/o | maxilla (above upper teeth) | |
| medull/o | inner part | |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (mid bones in hands) | |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (mid bones in feet) | |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord | |
| orth/o | straight | |
| oste/o | bone | |
| patell/o | knee cap | |
| ped/o | child, foot | |
| pelv/o | pelvis | |
| phalang/o | finger or toe | |
| pod/o | foot | |
| pub/o | pubis | |
| radi/o | radius | |
| sacr/o | sacrum | |
| scapul/o | scapula | |
| scoli/o | crooked or bent | |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae | |
| stern/o | sternum | |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane | |
| synov/o | synovial membrane | |
| tars/o | ankle | |
| thorac/o | chest | |
| tibi/o | tibia | |
| uln/o | ulna | |
| vertebr/o | vertebra | |
| -blast | immature, embryonic | |
| -clasia | to break (surgical) | |
| -desis | stabilize, fuze | |
| -listhesis | slipping | |
| -porosis | porous | |
| bone marrow | site of blood production | |
| bone | unique hard organ that carries blood&lymph ves, & nerves | |
| joints | place where 2 bones meet | |
| tendons | connects muscle to bone | |
| ligaments | connects bone to bone | |
| cartilage | connective tissue that prevents friction, forms fetal skeleton | |
| osseous tissue | bone tissue, hardest material in body | |
| ossification | process of forming bone | |
| osteoblasts | immature bone cells | |
| osteocytes | mature bone cells | |
| articular cartilage | covers ends of bones, prevent rubbing | |
| cancellous bone | inside bone (spongy), has spaces | |
| compact bone | dense hard exterior surface of bone | |
| cortical bone | another name for compact bone | |
| diaphysis | long shaft in long bones | |
| epiphysis | the wider ends of long bones | |
| flat bones | plate shaped bones, Ex; sternum, scapulae, pelvis, ribs | |
| irregular bones | irregular shaped bones, Ex: vertebrae | |
| long bones | bones that are longer than wide, Ex: femur, humerous | |
| medullary cavity | open canal in center of bone | |
| periosteum | membrane around the bone, have vessels&nerves | |
| red bone marrow | inside space of spongy bone | |
| short bones | as long as they are wide, Ex: carpals, tarsals | |
| spongy bone | cancellous bone, lacks osteons | |
| yellow bone marrow | inside the center cavity, fat cells | |
| condyle | smooth, round projection at end of bone | |
| epicondyle | projection above or on a condyle | |
| fissure | slit type opening | |
| foramen | smooth, round opening for nerves & blood ves. | |
| fossa | shallow cavity or depression on bone | |
| head | ball-shaped end on long bone | |
| neck | narrow area that separates the head of bone from the shaft | |
| process | a bony projection | |
| sinus | hollow cavity in bone | |
| trochanter | large, blunt process, (on femur protrudes below neck), type of tuberosity | |
| tubercle | small rough process for tendon attachment | |
| tuberosity | large rough process for tendon/muscle attachment |
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