Chapter 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
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**Bone Functions **
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- support, protection, movement, mineral storage, and blood cell formation
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How many bones in the Human Body?
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- 206
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**Bone classifications **
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- long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, sesamoid bones.
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Name the parts of the Long bone.
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- Diaphysis
- Epiphyses
- Epiphyseal Plates
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Diaphysis
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- Shaft of a long bone.
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Epiphyseal Plate
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- Cartilaginous structure that separatess the epiphysis from the diaphysis.
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Periosteum
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- Layer of cells surrounding the entire bone that produces new bone cells.
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Articular Cartilage
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- coverings at the ends of the epiphyses that provide for smooth movement between bones and protect the bone ends from wear and tear.
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Articular Surface
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- part of the condyle that articulates with another bone.
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Short Bones
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- lack a diaphysis and are fairly symmetrical
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Sesamoid Bone
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- Oval bones that are free floating and found in tendons of muscles (i.e. Patella)
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Anatomical Landmarks
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- terms used to describe bone features
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Tuberosity
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- large bump on a bone, usually an attachment for another structure.
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Process
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- A projection from a bone, usually an attachment for another structure.
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Tubercle
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- A smaller bump on a bone, usually an attachment for another structure.
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Spine or Spinous Process
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- typically a longer and thinner projection of a bone.
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Condyles
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- Large bony knobs at either end of a long bone.
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Epicondyle
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- Smaller bony knobs that sometimes appear just above the condyles of a bone.
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Fossa
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- smooth hallow surface on a bone and usually functions as a source of attachment for another structure.
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Facet
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- smaller flatter smooth surface than a fossa, serves as an attachement site.
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Notch
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- area of bone that appears to be cut and allows for the passage of other structures like blood vessels and nerves.
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Foramen
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- Similar in function to a notch but appearing as a hole in a bone.
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Ramus
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- an extension of a bone making an angle to the rest of the structure.
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Trochanter
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- A large, rough, projection.
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**Crest**
* A prominent ridge.
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**Line**
* A low ridge.
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**Head**
* The expended articular end of an epiphysis from the shaft by the neck.
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**Neck**
* A narrow connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis.
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**Trochlea**
* A smooth grooved articular process shaped ilke a pulley
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**Sulcus**
* A narrow groove.
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**Fissure**
* An elongated cleft
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**Canal**
* A passage way through the substrunce of a bone.
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**Sinus**
* A chamber within a bone, normally filled with air.
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**ab-**
* From; (abduction)
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**acetabulum**
* a vinegar cup: acetabulum of the hip joint.
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**ad-**
* toward; (adduction)
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**amphi-**
* on both sides; (amphiarthrosis).
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**arthros-**
* joint; (synarthrosis).
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**blast**
* precursor; (osteoblast).
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**circum-**
* around; (circumduction).
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**clast**
* break; (osteoclast).
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**clavius**
* clavicle
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**concha**
* shell; (middle concha).
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**corona**
* crown; (coronoid fossa).
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**cranio-**
* skull; (cranium).
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**cribrium**
* sieve; (cribriform plate).
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**dens-**
* tooth.
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**dia-**
* through; (diathrosis).
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**duco-**
* to lead (abduction).
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**e-**
* out; (eversion).
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**gennan**
* to produce; (osteogenosis).
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**gomphosis**
* a bolting together; (gamphosis).
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**in**
* into; (inversion).
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**infra-**
* beneath; (infraspinous).
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**lacrimae**
* tears; (lacrimal bones).
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**lamella**
* thin plate; (lamellae of bone).
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**malleolus**
* little hammer; (medial malleolus).
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**meniscus**
* cresent; (menisci).
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**osteon**
* bone; (osteocytes).
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**penia**
* lacking; (osteopenia).
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**planta**
* sole; (plantar).
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**porosus**
* porous; (osteoporosis).
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**septum**
* wall; (nasal septum).
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**stylos**
* pillar; (styloid process).
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**supra**
* above; (supraspinous fossa).
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**sutura**
* a sewing together; (suture).
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**teres**
* cylindrical; (ligamentum teres).
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**trabecula**
* wall; (trabeculae in spongy bone).
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**trochlea**
* **pulley; (trochlea).**
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**vertere**
* to turn, (inversion).
