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ST 107 Week 1 (Vocab)
Skeletal System
40
Health Care
Not Applicable
07/16/2009

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Term
ARTHROLOGY
Definition
SCIENCE DEALING WITH THE STUDY OF JOINTS
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ARTICULATION
Definition
THE CONNECTION OF BONES; A JOINT
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AXIAL
Definition
PERTAINING TO A LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE CENTER OF A BODY; ALSO PERTAINING TO HEAD AND TRUNK
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BURSA
Definition
PADLIKE SAC OR CAVITY FOUND IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE USUALLY NEAR A JOINT WHICH IS LINED WITH SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE AND FILLED WITH SYNOVIAL FLUID WHICH HELPS TO REDUCE FRICTION BETWEEN MOVING PARTS
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CARTILAGE
Definition
A TYPE OF DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE CONSISTING OF CELLS EMBEDDED IN A MATRIX WHICH IS FIRM, COMPACT, AND CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING PRESSURE AND TENSION
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FONTANELS
Definition
UNOSSIFIED SPACES OR SOFT SPOTS LYING BETWEEN THE CRANIAL BONES OF THE SKULL OF A FETUS OR INFANT
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JOINT
Definition
POINT OF JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO BONES
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LIGAMENT
Definition
A BAND OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE CONNECTING BONES, CARTILAGES, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND SERVING FOR SUPPORT OR FOR ATTACHMENT OF FASCIA OR MUSCLES
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OLECRANON PROCESS
Definition
AN EXTENSION AT THE PROXIMAL END OF THE ULNA
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OSSICLE
Definition
ANY SMALL BONE (ESPECIIALY ONE OF THE SMALL BONES IN THE EAR)
Term
PROCESS
Definition
A PROJECTION OR OUTGROWTH OF BONE OR TISSUE
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SUTURES
Definition
LINES OF UNION OF CRANIAL BONES BY A THIN FIBROUS MEMBRANE WHICH EVENTUALLY DISAPPEARS
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XIPHOID PROCESS
Definition
THIN, ELONGATED PROCESS EXTENDING CAUDALLY FROM THE BODY OF STERNUM
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MEATUS
Definition
A TUBE-SHAPED OPENING
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HEAD
Definition
A ROUNDED PROJECTION BEYOND A NARROW NECKLINE PORTION
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TROCHANTER
Definition
A VERY LARGE PROCESS
Term
FOSSA
Definition
A HOLLOW OR DEPRESSION
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TUBERCLE
Definition
A SMALL, ROUNDED PROJECTION
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TUBEROSITY
Definition
A LARGE, ROUNDED PROJECTION
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SPINOUS PROCESS OR SPINE
Definition
A SHARP PROJECTION
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FORAMEN
Definition
A HOLE
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CONDYLE
Definition
A ROUNDED PROJECTION THAT ENTERS INTO FORMATION OF A JOINT
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SINUS
Definition
A CAVITY OR SPONGELIKE SPACE IN A BONE (FRONTAL) WHICH IS MUCOUS-LINED AND FILLED WITH AIR SPACES.
Term
ENDOSTEUM
Definition
A CONDENSED LAYER OF BONE MARROW WHICH LINES THE MEDULLARY CAVITY
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PERIOSTEUM
Definition
A FIBROMUSCULAR MEMBRANE THAT COVERS THE BONE EXCEPT AT JOINT SURFACES WHERE THE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE FORMS THE COVERING; ALSO NOURISHES THE BONE
Term
METAPHYSIS
Definition
WIDE PART AT THE EXTREMITY OF THE SHAFT OF A LONG BONE THAT SUPPORTS THE EPIPHYSIS
Term
EPIPHYSIS
Definition
BULBOUS-SHAPED EXTREMITIES OF LONG BONES THAT PROVIDE GENEROUS SPACE FOR MUSCLE ATTACHMENT NEAR THE JOINTS; BONE GROWTH OCCURS HERE
Term
DIAPHYSIS
Definition
THE MAIN SHAFTLIKE PORTION OF A BONE
Term
MEDULLARY CAVITY
Definition
A CAVITY RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE DIAPHYSIS WHICH CONTAINS BONE MARROW
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CANCELLOUS BONE
Definition
THE SPONGY TISSUE FOUND IN THE EPIPHYSEAL PORTION OF LONG BONES
Term
COMPACT BONE
Definition
THE HARD BONE THAT IS FOUND OUTSIDE THE MEDULLARY CAVITY IN THE SHAFT OF LONG BONES
Term
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
Definition
THIN CARTILAGE COVERING THE ARTICULAR SURFACE OF EACH EPIPHYSIS THAT CUSHIONS JARS AND BLOWS
Term
ROTATION
Definition
MOVING THE BONE AROUND A CENTRAL AXIS; THE PLANE OF MOTION IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS
Term
EVERSION
Definition
MOVING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT OUTWARD AT THE ANKLE JOINT
Term
EXTENSION
Definition
STRAIGHTENING OR INCREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO BONES
Term
SUPINATION
Definition
MOVING THE BONES OF THE FOREARM SO THAT THE RADIUS AND ULNA ARE PARALLEL; THE PALM IS MOVED FROM A POSTERIOR TO AN ANTERIOR POSITION
Term
ADDUCTION
Definition
MOVING THE BONE TOWARD THE MIDLINE
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FLEXION
Definition
BENDING OR DECREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN TWO BONES
Term
CURCUMDUCTION
Definition
MOVING THE BONE SO THAT THE END OF IT DESCRIBES A CIRCLE AND THE SIDES OF IT DESCRIBE A CONE
Term
ABDUCTION
Definition
MOVING THE BONE AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
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