02/17/25 Flashcards
(60 cards)
1
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Porosity
A
Pore or passage
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Physics
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Grow
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Malacia
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Softening
4
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Loathesis
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Slipping
A forward skipping of a vertebra over a lower vertebra
5
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Scoli
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Crooked, bent or lateral curvature of the spine
6
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Oste
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Bone
7
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Orth
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Straight
8
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Myel
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Bone marrow
9
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Lumb
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Loins or lower back
10
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Lord
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Curve or swayback
11
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Kyph
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Humpback
Curvature in the thoracic region
12
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Tibi
A
Tibia
Larger lower leg bone
13
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Tars
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Bones of the ankle
14
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Stern
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Breast bone
15
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Scapul
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Shoulder bone
On your upper back
16
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Uln
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The other one that makes up the forearm
17
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Radi
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Lower arm bone on the thumb side and it makes up part of the forearm
18
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Pelv
A
Pelvis or hip bones
19
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Patell
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Knee cap
20
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Metatars
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Literally beyond the tarsal bones
21
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Metacarp
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Hand bones
22
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Meta
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Beyond
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Maxill
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Upper jaw
24
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Malleol
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Processes on each side of the ankle
25
Humer
Upper arm bone
26
Fibul
Smaller lower leg bone
27
Femor
Thigh bone and the largest bone in the body
28
Cost
Rib
29
Clavicul
Collar bone
30
Carp
Bones of the wrist
31
Calcane
Heel bone
32
Tuberosity
Large, rounded prices on a bone
33
Tubercle
Small, rounded process on a bone
34
Paranasal sinus
A sinus is a cavity within a a bone
35
Hemopoiesis
Red bone marrow is found in bone
36
Pubic Symphysis
Area of fusion of the two pubic bones
37
Periosteum
Membrane surrounding bones
38
Osteoblast
Bone cell that absorbs and removes unwanted bone tissue
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Ossification
Process of bone formation
40
Olecranon
Large process forming the elbow
41
Malleolus
Round process found on both sides of the ankle joint
42
Fossa
Shallow cavity in a bone
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Foramen
Opening our passage in bones where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave
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Floating ribs
Ribs numbered 11 and 12
46
Fissure
A narrow, slit like opening between bones
47
False ribs
Ribs 8-10
In the paid 12 that are within the body
48
Facial bones
Bones of the face
49
Epiphysis
End of a long bone
50
Epiphyseal Plate
Cartilaginous area at the end of long bones where lengthwise growth takes place
51
Intervertebral disk
Substance between the vertebrae
52
Disk/Disc
Flat, round plate like structure
53
Diaphysis
Shady or mid portion of a long bone
54
Cranial bones
Skull bones
55
Condyle
Knuckle like process at the end of a bone near the joint
56
Cartilage tissue
Flexible, rubbery connective tissues found on joint surfaces and in the embryonic skeleton
57
Calcium
One of the mineral constituents of bone
58
Vertebra
Back bone
Cervical (neck)
Thoracic (upper back)
Lumbar (lower back)
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Diaphyses off long bones
Yellow bone marrow
60