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| Thin layer of cartilage occurring at the ends of long bones and covering any part of any bone that comes together with another bone to form a joint. |
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| dense, hard connective tissue composing the skeleton |
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| one of the mineral constituents of bone |
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| dense connective tissue strands found in the bone |
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| narrow, slit-like opening in or between bones |
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| opeing or passage in bones where blood vessels,nerves,or both enter and leave |
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| round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear. |
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| process of bone formation |
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| hollow cavity within a bone |
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| joint between bones, such as the skull |
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| large process on lateral proximal aspect of the femur, attachment site for muscles and tendons |
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| an individual backbone composed of the vertebral body, verteral arch, spinous process, transverse process, lamina and neural canal |
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| lower, narrow portyion of the sternum |
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| traumatic braking of a bone. |
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| connective tissue binding bones to other bones: supports, strengthens, and stabilizes the joint. |
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| joint in which apposed surfaces are closely united |
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| connective tissue that binds muscles to bones |
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| progressive, degenerate joint diseast characterized by loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophy of bone at articular surfaces. |
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| chronic disease in which joints become inflamed and painful |
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| abnormal swelling of the medial aspect of the joint between the big toe and the first metatarsal bone |
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| compression (by a wrist ligament) of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and tendons of the wrist(the carpal tunnel) |
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| displacement of a bone from its joint |
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| a fluid filled cyst arising from the joint capsule or tendon in the wrist |
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| a recurrent disorder marked by severe arthritis,myalgia malaise,and neurologic and cardiac symptoms |
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| trauma to a joint with pain, swelling and injury to ligaments |
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| injury involving the overstretching of muscle |
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| decreasing the angle between two bones: bending a limb |
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| incrasing the angle between 2 bones; straightening out a limb |
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| movement away from the midline of the body |
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| movement toward the midline of the body |
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| circular movement around the axis. |
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| decreasing the angle of the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward(upward) |
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| the motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground as when pointing the toes or stepping on the gas |
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| the act of turning the palm up |
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