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| mineral substance found in bones in combination with calcium |
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| area of confluence of the two pubic bones in the pelvis and are joined by a fibrocartilaginous disk |
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| prefix meaning together--"s" word |
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| suffix that means to grow |
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| found in cancellous bone and the site of hematopoiesis |
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| twelve pairs of curvedbones tha form the chest wall |
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| first seven pairs of ribs |
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| depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located |
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| hollow air cavity within a bone |
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| pole-like process extending downward from the temporal bone on each side of the skull |
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| immovable joint between bones, such as the skull |
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| connection on either side of the head between the temporal bone of the skull and mandibular jone of the jaw |
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| supporting bundles of bony fibers in cancellous bone |
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| large process at the neck of the femur--attachment site for tendons of the hip musculature |
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| rounded, small process on bone--attachment site fo muscles and tendons |
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| rounded process on bone--attachment site for muscles and tendons |
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| individual segment of the spine composed of the vertebral body, vertebral arch, spinous process, transverse process, and lamina, enclosing the neural canal |
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| lower, narrow portion of the sternum |
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| fatty tissue found inthe medullary cavity of most adult long bones |
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| Two combined forms meaning calcium |
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| blood condition of excessive calcium |
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| process of making less calcium |
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| suffix meaning process of making |
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| combined form meaning humpback, hunchback, or posterior curvature in the thoracic region |
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| combined form meaning lamina |
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| condition of a hump on the back |
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| removal of the lamina to relieve symptoms of compression of the spinal cord |
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