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LOM CH. 15
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
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Undergraduate 1
11/18/2012

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Term
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
Definition
THIN LAYER OF CARTILAGE COVERING THE BONE IN THE JOINT SPACE.
Term
CANCELLOUS BONE
Definition
SPONGY, POROUS, BONE TISSUE IN THE INNER PART OF A BONE.
Term
COMPACT BONE
Definition
HARD, DENSE BONE TISSUE, USUALLY FOUND AROUND THE OUTER PORTION OF BONES.
Term
CONDYLE
Definition
KNUCKLE-LIKE PROCESS AT THE END OF A BONE NEAR THE JOINT.
Term
CRANIAL BONES
Definition
SKULL BONES: ETHMOID, FRONTAL, OCCIPITAL, PARIETAL, SPENOID, AND TEMPORAL.
Term
DIAPHYSIS
Definition
SHAFT, OR MID-PORTION, OF A LONG BONE.
Term
EPIPHYSEAL PLATE
Definition
CARTIAGINOUS AREA AT THE ENDS OF LONG BONES WHERE LENGTHWISE GROWTH TAKES PLACE IN THE IMMATURE SKELETON.
Term
EPIPHYSIS
Definition
EACH END OF A LONG BONE; THE AREA BEYOND THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE.
Term
FACIAL BONES
Definition
BONES OF THE FACE: LACRIMAL, MANDIBULAR, MAXILLARY, NASAL, VOMER, AND ZYGOMATIC.
Term
FISSURE
Definition
NRROW, SLIT-LIKE OPENING IN OR BETWEEN BONES.
Term
FONTANELLE
Definition
SOFT SPOT (INCOMPLETE BONE FORMATION) BETWEEN THE SKULL BONES OF AN INFANT.
Term
FORAMEN
Definition
OPENING OR PASSAGE IN BONES WHERE BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES ENTER AND LEAVE.
Term
FOSSA
Definition
SHALLOW CAVITY IN A BONE.
Term
HAVERSIAN CANALS
Definition
MINUTE SPACES FILLED WITH BLOOD VESSELS; FOUND IN COMPACT BONE.
Term
MALLEOLUS
Definition
ROUND PROCESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ANKLE JOINT.
Term
MANUBRUIM
Definition
UPPER PORTION OF THE STERNUM; ARTICULATES WITH THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE CLAVICLE.
Term
MEDULLARY CAVITY
Definition
CENTRAL, HOLLOWED-OUT AREA IN THE SHAFT OF A LONG BONE.
Term
METAPHYSIS
Definition
FLARED PORTION OF A LONG BONE, BETWEEN THE DIAPHYSIS (SHAFT) AND THE EPIPHYSEAL PLATE (IN THIS TERM, META-MEANS BETWEEN).
Term
OLECRANON
Definition
LARGE PROCESS ON THE PROXIMAL END OF THE ULNA; THE POINT OF THE FLEXED ELBOW.
Term
OSSIFICATION
Definition
PROCESS OF BONE FORMATION.
Term
OSTEOBLAST
Definition
BONE CELL THAT HELPS FORM BONY TISSUE.
Term
PERIOSTEUM
Definition
MEMBRANE SURROUNDING BONES; RICH IN BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVE TISSUE.
Term
RED BONE MARROW
Definition
FOUND IN CANCELLOUS BONE; SITE OF HEMATOPOIESIS.
Term
SELLA TURCICA
Definition
DEPRESSION IN THE SPHENOID BONE WHERE THE PITUITARY GLAND IS LOCATED.
Term
SINUS
Definition
HOLLOW AIR CAVITY WITHIN A BONE.
Term
SUTURE
Definition
IMMOVABLE JOINT BETWEEN BONES, SUCH AS THE SKULL (CRANIUM).
Term
TROCHANTER
Definition
LARGE PROCESS AT THE NECK OF THE FEMUR; ATTACHMENT SITE FOR MUSCLES AND TENDONS.
Term
TUBERCLE
Definition
ROUNDED, SMALL PROCESS ON BONE; ATTACHMENT SITE FOR MUSCLES AND TENDONS.
Term
TUBEROSITY
Definition
ROUNDED PROCESS ON BONE; ATTACHMENT SITE FOR MUSCLES AND TENDONS.
Term
XIPHOID PROCESS
Definition
LOWER, NARROW PORTION OF THE STERNUM.
Term
YELLOW BONE MARROW
Definition
FATTY TISSUE FOUND IN THE MEDULLARY CAVITY OF MOST ADULT LONG BONES.
Term
BURSA
Definition
CLOSED SACS OF SYNOVIAL FLUID LINED WITH A SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE AND ARE LOCATED NEAR BUT NOT WITHIN A JOINT.
Term
ARTICULATION
Definition
ANY TYPE OF JOINT.
Term
LIGAMENT
Definition
CONNECTIVE TISSUE BINDING BONES TO OTHER BONES; SUPPORTS, STRENGTHENS, AND STABILIZES THE JOINT.
Term
CARDIAC MUSCLE
Definition
BRANCHING FIBERS FOUND IN THE HEART; STRAITED IN APPEARANCE BUT IS LIKE SMOOTH MUSCLE IN ITS ACTION.
Term
ABDUCTION
Definition
MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
Term
ADDUCTION
Definition
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
Term
DORSIFLEXION
Definition
BACKWARD (UPWARD) BENDING OF THE FOOT.
Term
EXTENSION
Definition
STRAIGHTENING OF A FLEXED LIMB.
Term
FLEXION
Definition
BENDING A LIMB; DECREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN BONES.
Term
INSERTION OF A MUSCLE
Definition
CONNECTION OF THE MUSCLE TO A BONE THAT MOVES.
Term
ORIGIN OF A MUSCLE
Definition
CONNECTION OF THE MUSCLE TO A STATIONARY BONE.
Term
PLANTAR FLEXION
Definition
BENDING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT DOWNWARD TOWARD THE GROUND.
Term
PRONATION
Definition
TURNING THE PALM DOWNWARD.
Term
ROTATION
Definition
CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AROUND A CENTRAL POINT.
Term
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Definition
VISCERAL MUSCLE.
Term
STRAITED MUSCLE
Definition
SKELETAL MUSCLE.
Term
SUPINATION
Definition
TURNING THE PALM UPWARD.
Term
FASCIECTOMY
Definition
REMOVAL OF FIBROUS MEMBRANE SEPARATING AND ENVELOPING MUSCLES.
Term
FIBROMYALGIA
Definition
CHRONIC PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN MUSCLES, JOINTS, AND FIBROUS TISSUE, ESPECIALLY OF THE BACK, SHOULDERS, NECK, HIPS, AND KNEES.
Term
LEIMYOMA
Definition
TUMOR OF (VISCERAL) SMOOTH MUSCLE THAT LINES THE WALLS OF INTERNAL ORGANS.
Term
LEIOMYOSARCOMA
Definition
Term
MYALGIA
Definition
MUSCLE PAIN.
Term
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
Definition
Term
MYOPATHY
Definition
MUSCLE DISEASE.
Term
MYOCARDIAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE HEART MUSCLE.
Term
MYOSITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF A MUSCLE.
Term
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Definition
MUSCLE LOSE STRENGHTH BECAUSE OF A FAILURE IN TRANSMISSION OF THE NERVOUS IMPULSE FROM THE NERVE TO THE MUSCLE CELL.
Term
ATROPHY
Definition
DECREASE IN SIZE OF AN ORGAN OR TISSUE.
Term
HYERTROPHY
Definition
INCREASE IN SIZE OF AN ORGAN OR TISSUE.
Term
AMYOTROPHIC
Definition
MUSCLE DEGENERATION OF NERVES IN THE SPINAL CORD AND LOWER REGION OF THE BRAIN.
Term
POLYMYALGIA
Definition
MUCH MUSCLE PAIN.
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