Haney Medical Admin Asst Medical Terminology Musculoskeletal System Ch 5 True/False & Multiple Choice
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cartilage | flexible connective tissue found in joints, fetal skeleton & lining of various parts of the body |
| Dying of bone tissue, absorbed? Where? | as bone tissue develops, some of it dies and is reabsorbed by osteoclasts (also known as bone phagocytes) |
| Sternum | breast bone which extends down the middle of the chest |
| Humerus | upper arm bone (long bone), attaches to the scapula and clavicle at top and the radius and ulna at the bottom |
| Dystonia | abnormal tone in tissues or muscle |
| Fossa | depression in a bone |
| Calcium | element in the formation of bone |
| Mandible | u-shaped bone of the lower jawbone, contains sockets for teeth, only movable bone in the face. |
| Muscles | contract and extend to provide body movement. Include voluntary (striated) muscles and involuntary (smooth or visceral) muscles. |
| Osteoplasty | type of bone operation |
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