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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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canal

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tunnel

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condyle

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rounded projection

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crest, crista

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high, ridge

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facet

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small, smooth area

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foramen (pl, foramina)

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opening, hole

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fossa, fovea

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basin-like depression

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head

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rounded eminence or projection

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line

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low ridge

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meatus

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passage or opening

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process

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any projection

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sinus

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cavity or channel

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spine

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sharp projection

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sulcus

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open, ditch like groove

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suture

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seam

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trochanter

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broad, flat process

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tubercle

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small, rounded eminence

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tuberosity

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protuberance

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Flexion

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Bending at a joint, elbow

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Extension

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straightening or unbending of joint, opposite of flexion

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Abduction

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movement away from the midline

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Adduction

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movement toward the midline

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Rotation

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movement that turns on its own axis

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Circumduction

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movement describing a circle

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Atlas

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first cervical vertebrae

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Axis

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second cervical vertebrae

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Cancellous Bone

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inner spongy surface of long bones

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cervical

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vertebrae of the neck

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coccygeal

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vertebrae of the tail

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compact bone

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outer hard shell of bone

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diaphysis

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central part of the bone shaft

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epiphysis

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end part of developing bone

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epiphysisitis

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inflammation of epiphysis bone

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lumbar

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vertebrae of the back

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mandible

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movable portion of the skull, lower jaw

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maxilla

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portion of the skull, upper jaw

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osteoblasts

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bone forming cells

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osteoclasts

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bone remodeling cells

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osteology

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study of bones

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periosteum

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membrane covering bone

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quadraped

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four footed animal

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sacrum

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fused sacral vertebrae resulting in one bone to which the pelvis is attached

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thoracic

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vertebrae of the chest or thorax

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ungulates

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animals with hooves

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vertebrae

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spinal column bones

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Arthrology

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study of joints

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articulation

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joining or connecting (joints)

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bursa

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sacs of synovial fluid found near joint surfaces

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cartilaginous

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joints that contain cartilage that connect bone and permit slight movement

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diathroses

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joint type that allows free movement, synovial joints

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fibrous

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joints that contain fibrous tissue that unites bone and permits movement

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arthritis

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acute or chronic inflammation of one or more joints

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bursitis

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inflammation of bursa

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chondroma

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tumor of cartilage cell orgin

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comminuted

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fracture of multiple pieces

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compound

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fracture with an open wound

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desmitis

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inflammation of a ligament

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greenstick

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fracture with one side broken and the other bent, common in the young

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osteitis

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inflammation of bone

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osteoarthritis

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degenerative joint disease involving cartilage and synovia

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osteochondritis

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inflammation of cartilage of bone

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osteoma

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bone tissue tumor

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osteomalacia

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softening of bone

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osteomyelitis

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inflammation of bone involving periosteum, cancellous, and marrow tissue

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osteoporosis

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abnormal loss of bone density

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osteosarcoma

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malignant bone tumor

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spondylitis

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inflammation of the vertebrae

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synovitis

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inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint

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transverse

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fracture at a right angle to its axis

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tendinitis

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inflammation of a tendon, also spelled tendonitis

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tendosynovitis

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inflammation of tendon and its surrounding sheath, also known as tenosynovitis

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