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Term
OSTEOLOGY
Definition
THE STUDY OF BONES
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ARTHROLOGY
Definition
THE STUDY OF JOINES
Term
HOW MANY BONES ARE IN THE BODY?
Definition
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Term
LONG BONES
Definition
GREATER IN LENGTH THAN WIDTH
Term
SHORT BONES
Definition
SIMILAR IN LENGTH AND WIDTH
Term
FLAT BONES
Definition
FLAT AND QUITE THIN
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IRREGULAR BONES
Definition
DO NOT FIT INTO ANY OF THE PRECEDING CATEGORIES
Term
SESAMOID BONES
Definition
SMALL BONES THAT FORM WITHIN TENDONS LIKE THE PATELLA OR KNEECAP
Term
SUTURAL BONES
Definition
TINY BONES WEDGED BETWEEN CRANIAL BONES OF THE SKULL
Term
EPIPHYSES
Definition
THE ENLARGED PROXIMAL AND DISTAL ENDS OF LONG BONES
Term
DIAPHYSIS
Definition
THE SHAFT OF A LONG BONE
Term
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
Definition
HYALINE CARTILAGE COVERING THE JOINT SURFACES AT THE EPIPHYSES
Term
RED MARROW
Definition
BLOOD CELL FORMING TISSUE THAT FILLS THE SPACES OF SPONGY BONE TISSUE
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MEDULLARY CAVITY
Definition
THE SPACE WITHIN THE DIAPHYSIS
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YELLOW MARROW
Definition
FATTY MATERIAL OCCUPYING THE MEDULLARY CAVITY
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PERIOSTEUM
Definition
A DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE MEMBRANE COVERING THE EXTERNAL BONE SURFACE
Term
ENDOSTEUM
Definition
A CONNECTIVE TISSUE MEMBRANE LINING THE MEDULLARY CAVITY
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SPONGY BONE
Definition
THE BONE TISSUE FILLING THE EPIPHYSES AND LINING THE MEDULLARY CAVITY; CONTAINS RED MARROW
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COMPACT BONE
Definition
THE BONE TISSUE FORMING THE WALLS OF THE DIAPHYSIS AND THE BONY COVERINGS OF SPONGY BONE
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EPIPHYSEAL LINE
Definition
PART OF THE BONE THAT REPLACES THE EPIPHYSEAL GROWTH PLATE, WHICH IS WHERE BONE ELONGATION OCCURRED
Term
FISSURE
Definition
NARROW CREVICE
Term
FORAMEN
Definition
ROUND OR OVAL OPENING
Term
FOSSA
Definition
SHALLOW DEPRESSION
Term
GROOVE
Definition
NARROW DEPRESSION
Term
MEATUS
Definition
PENETRATING HOLE
Term
SINUS
Definition
AIR-FILLED CAVITY
Term
CONDYLE
Definition
ROUNDED ARTICULAR PROCESS
Term
CREST
Definition
PROMINENT NARROW RIDGE
Term
EPICONDYLE
Definition
ELEVATED AREA ON OR ABOVE CONDYLE
Term
FACET
Definition
SMOOTH, ALMOST FLAT ARTICULAR SURFACE
Term
HEAD
Definition
ROUNDED EPIPHYSIS
Term
LINE(LINEA)
Definition
SMALL NARROW RIDGE
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RAMUS
Definition
FLAT BRIDGE OF BONE
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SPINE
Definition
SHARP, NARROW, USUALLY POINTED END
Term
TROCHANTER
Definition
LARGE, BLUNT PROCESS(FEMUR ONLY)
Term
TUBERCLE
Definition
SMALL, ROUNDED PROCESS
Term
TUBEROSITY
Definition
LARGE, ROUNDED OR ROUGHTENED PROCESS
Term
OSTEON
Definition
CYLINDRICAL SUBUNITS,CLOSELY ARRANGED TO PRODUCE A VERY DENSE ORGANIZATION
Term
CENTRAL CANAL (HAVERSIAN CANAL)
Definition
OPENING VERTICALLY
Term
LAMELLAE
Definition
MINERALIZED MATRIX
Term
PERFORATING (VOLKSMANN'S) CANAL
Definition
HORIZONTAL OPENING
Term
LACUNAE
Definition
TINY SPACES
Term
CANALICULI
Definition
TINY CANALS THAT OSTEOCYTES OBTAIN NOURISHMENT BY DIFFUSION
Term
OSTEOBLAST
Definition
BONE PRODUCING CELLS
Term
OSTEOCLASTS
Definition
BONE-DISSOLVING CELLS
Term
INTERSTITIAL LAMELLAE
Definition
AREAS BETWEEN OSTEONS
Term
PERIOSTEUM
Definition
COVERING THE BONES EXTERNAL SURFACE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CONTAINS OSTEOPROGENITOR CELLS
Term
SPONGY BONE TISSUE
Definition
CANCELLOUS BONE
Term
TRABECULAE
Definition
INTERLOCKING THIN PLATES THAT FORM A LATTICE LIKE NETWORK
Term
RED MARROW
Definition
SITE OF BLOOD FORMATION
Term
AXIAL SKELETON
Definition

SKULL- CRANIUM AND FACIAL BONES

HYOID BONE

VERTEBRAL COLUMN- INCLUDES THE CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR VERTEBRAE, THE SACRUM, AND THE COCCYX

RIB CAGE- STERNUM AND RIBS

Term
PARANASAL SINUSES: SPHENOIDAL SINUS, FRONTAL SINUS, ETHMOIDAL SINUS, NASAL CAVITY, MAXILLARY SINUS
Definition
AIR FILLED CAVITIES WITHIN FIVE OF THE SKULL BONES: FRONTAL, SPHENOID, ETHMOID, AND MAXILLARY. THEY ARE LINED BY MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH THE NASAL CAVITY. THEY SERVE AS ECHO CHAMBERS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPEECH
Term
THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
Definition
PROTECTS THE SPINAL CORD AND SEVES AS AN ATTACHMENT SITE FOR THE BACK MUSCLES.
Term
ATLAS (C1)
Definition

1ST CERVICAL VERTEBRA

ARTICULATES WITH OCCIPITAL CONDYLE OF THE SKULL

ALLOWS UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT (NODDING YES)

Term
AXIS (C2)
Definition

2ND CERVICAL VERTEBRA

ALLOWS LEFT AND RIGHT ROTATION OF THE ATLAS AND SKULL (NO)

Term
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
Definition

COMPOSED OF FIBROCARTILAGE

SHOCK ABSORBER BETWEEN VERTEBRAE

Term
BODY (STRUCTURE OF TYPICAL VERTEBRA)
Definition
SITE OF ATTACHMENT OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS
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VERTEBRAL FORAMEN
Definition
OPENING FORMED BY BODY AND VERTEBRAL ARCH
Term
TRANSVERSE PROCESS
Definition

EACH VERTEBRA HAS A LEFT AND RIGHT LATERAL PROJECTION

SERVES AS ATTACHMENT POINT FOR TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS

Term
SUPERIOR ARTICULAR FACET
Definition

EACH VERTEBRA HAS A LEFT AND RIGHT FACET

ARTICULATES WITH INFERIOR ARTICULAR FACET OF VERTEBRA ABOVE IT

Term
SPINOUS PROCESS
Definition

SINGLE POSTERIOR PROJECTION

CAN BE FELT AS THE BACKBONE

SERVES AS ATTACHMENT POINT FOR TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS

Term
LAMINA
Definition

POSTERIOR PORTION OF VERTEBRAL ARCH

BETWEEN SPINOUS PROCESS AND TRANSVERSE PROCESS

Term
PEDICLE
Definition

ANTERIOR PORTION OF VERTEBRAL ARCH

BETWEEN BODY AND TRANSVERSE PROCESS

Term
VERTEBRAL ARCH
Definition

SIDES OF THE VERTEBRA

FORMED BY FUSION OF PEDICLE AND LAMINA

Term
RIBS 1-7
Definition

CONNECT TO STERNUM VIA COSTAL CARTILAGE

ALSO CALLED TRUE RIBS OR VERTEBROSTERNAL RIBS

Term
RIBS 8-10
Definition

CONNECT TO STERNUM VIA SHARED CARTILAGE

ALSO CALLED FALSE RIBS

Term
RIBS 11-12
Definition

DO NOT CONNECT TO STERNUM AT ALLALSO PART OF FALSE RIBS

ALSO CALLED FLOATING RIBS

Term
STERNUM
Definition

FLAT BONE

FORMS THE ANTERIOR MIDLINE OF THE RIB CAGE

ALSO CALLED BREAST BONE

Term
APPENDICULAR SKELETON
Definition

COMPOSED OF 126 BONES 

PROVIDE IMPORTANT JOINT AND MUSCLE ATTACHMENTS THAT ALLOW THE WIDE VARIETY OF MOVEMENTS POSSIBLE WITH OUR ARMS AND LEGS

Term
PECTORAL GIRDLE
Definition

CLAVICLE AND SCAPULLA

THE FUNCTION: TO CONNECT THE UPPER EXTREMITY TO THE AXIAL SKELETON

Term
UPPER EXTREMITY
Definition
HUMERUS, RADIUS, ULNA, CARPALS, METACARPALS, AND PHALANGES
Term
PELVIC GIRDLE
Definition

ILIUM,ISCHIUM, AND PUBIS

THE FUNCTION: TO CONNECT THE LOWER EXTREMITY TO THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN

Term
LOWER EXTREMITY
Definition
FEMUR, TIBIA, FIBULA, PATELLA, TARSALS, METATARSALS, AND PHALANGES
Term
FALSE PELVIS
Definition

SUPERIOR PORTION OF THE PELVIS.

COMPOSED OF THE FLARED, SUPERIOR REGION OF EACH ILIUM AND THE SACRAL PROMONTORY

Term
TRUE PELVIS
Definition
BEGINS WHEN THE BONES FORM A COMPLETE CIRCLE
Term
JOINT
Definition
FORMED WHERE TWO BONES MEET AND ARTICULATE WITH EACH OTHER
Term
SYNARTHROSES
Definition
IMMOVABLE JOINTS
Term
AMPHIARTHROSES
Definition
ALLOW ONLY A SLIGHT DEGREE OF MOVEMENT OR SHIFTING
Term
DIARTHROSES
Definition
FREELY MOVABLE JOINTS
Term
FIBROUS JOINTS
Definition
NO SYNOVIAL CAVITY AND THE BONES ARE JOINED BY FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Term
CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS
Definition
NO SYNOVIAL CAVITY AND THE BONES ARE JOINED BY CARTILAGE
Term
SYNOVIAL JOINT
Definition
HAVE A SYNOVIAL CAVITY AND THE BONES ARE JOINED BY THE DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF A JOINT CAPSULE AND DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF LIGAMENTS
Term
JOINT CAVITY
Definition
INTERNAL SPACE AROUND ENDS OF BONES
Term
SYNOVIAL FLUID
Definition

SECRETED BY SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE

FILLS JOINT CAVITY 

LUBRICATES ARTICULAR CARTILAGE

REDUCES FRICTION AS BONES MOVE AGAINST EACH OTHER

Term
LIGAMENTS
Definition

STRIPS OF DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

CONNECT BONE TO BONE TO STABILIZE THE JOINT

ALSO REINFORCE THE JOINT CAPSULE

Term
PERIOSTEUM
Definition

CONNECTIVE TISSUE COVERING OF BONES

BLENDS INTO JOINT CAPSULE

Term
JOINT CAPSULE
Definition
ENCLOSES ENTIRE AREA WHERE TWO BONES MEET
Term
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
Definition

LINES THE JOINT CAPSULE

SECRETES SYNOVIAL FLUID

Term
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
Definition

HYALINE CARTILAGE

COVERS ENDS OF EACH BONE IN THE JOINT

CUSHIONS ENDS OF BONE

PREVENTS BONE RUBBING ON BONE

Term
HINGE
Definition
  • ROUNDED END OF ONE BONE FITS INTO CONCAVE SURFACE OF OTHER
  • UNIAXIAL
  • ALLOWS ONLY FLEXION AND EXTENSION
  • EXAMPLE IS THE ELBOW
Term
SADDLE
Definition
  • JOINT SURFACES FIT TOGETHER LIKE A RIDER SITTING IN A SADDLE
  • BIAXIAL
  • CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT OF THUMB
Term
GLIDING OR PLANTAR
Definition
  • SURFACES OF TWO BONES ARE ALMOST FLAT
  • ALLOWS BONES TO GLIDE PAST EACH OTHER
  • UNIAXIAL OR BIAXIAL
  • EXAMPLES ARE INTERTARSAL JOINTS
Term
BALL AND SOCKET
Definition

BALL-SHAPED HEAD OF ONE BONE FITS INTO CUP-SHAPED DEPRESSION OF OTHER

 

MULTIAXIAL

 

EXAMPLE IS SHOULDER JOINT

Term
PIVOT
Definition

ROUNDED OR CONE-SHAPED SURFACE OF ONE BONE FITS INTO SHALLOW DEPRESSION OF OTHER

 

UNIAXIAL

 

ALLOWS FOR ROTATION IN ONE PLANE

 

EXAMPLE IS SUPERIOR RADIOULNAR JOINT OF ELBOW

Term
CONDYLOID
Definition

OVAL CONDYLE OF ONE BONE FITS INTO DEPRESSION OF OTHER

 

BIAXIAL

 

ALLOWS FLEXION/EXTENSION AND ABDUCTION/ADDUCTION

 

EXAMPLE IS METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT

Term
PRONATION
Definition
TURNS PALM DOWN
Term
SUPINATION
Definition
PALM UP
Term
INVERSION
Definition
TURNS FOOT INWARD
Term
EVERSION
Definition
TURNS FOOT OUTWARD
Term
CIRCUMDUCTION
Definition

CIRCULAR MOVEMENT

COMBINATION OF FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, AND ADDUCTION

Term
ABDUCTION
Definition
MOVES BODY PART AWAY FROM MIDLINE OF BODY
Term
ADDUCTION
Definition
MOVES BODY PART TOWARD MIDLINE OF BODY
Term
FLEXION
Definition
REDUCES ANGLE AT A JOINT AND BRINGS TWO BONES CLOSER TOGETHER
Term
EXTENSION
Definition
INCREASES ANGLE AT A JOINT AND MOVES TWO BONES APART
Term
DORSIFLEXION
Definition
MOVES FOOT UPWARD
Term
PLANTAR FLEXION
Definition
MOVES FOOT DOWNWARD
Term
ROTATION
Definition
SIZE OF CIRCLE REMAINS CONSTANT IN ALL PARTS
Term
MUSCLE FIBERS
Definition
LONG AND CYLINDRICAL UNITS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
Term
SARCOLEMMA
Definition
PLASMA MEMBRANE
Term
MYOFIBRILS
Definition
CYLINDRICAL UNITS OF PROTEIN THAT OCCUPIES MOST INTERSPACE
Term
SARCOPLASM
Definition
FLUID WITHIN THE MUSCLE FIBER
Term
SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM
Definition
SURROUNDS EACH MYOFIBRIL
Term
MYOFILAMENTS
Definition
SMALLER, THREADLIKE UNITS OF PROTEIN
Term
APONEUROSIS
Definition
A VERY WIDE TENDON
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