test 3- The skeletal System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 the skeletal system | 206 named bones |
| Oste/o | combining form for bones |
| osteitis | inflammation of a bone |
| osteocyte | Bone Cell |
| Types of Bone | Compact- hard bone, Cancellous- softer, spongy type of bone |
| Red Marrow | responsible for nematopoiesis, the production of blood cells |
| Yellow marrow | consists primarily of fat cells and connective tissue |
| myel/o | combining form for bone marrow |
| Myeloblast | embryonic red bone marrow cell, mature into a myelocyte |
| myelocytes | mature into leukocytes |
| calcium | building blocks of bones, makes them hard and rigid |
| calc/i | combining form for calcium |
| osteogenesis | AKA ossification |
| formation of bone | usually formed from cartilage during embryonic development |
| ossa and os | mean bone and are often placed in front of other words in the naming of bones |
| osteotrophy | bone nutrition |
| troph/o | combining form for nutrition |
| -trophy | suffix meaning nutrition |
| periosteum | membrane surrounding a mature bone |
| x-rays | calcium in bone is radiopaque (block x-rays) |
| The axial skeleton | skull, vertebral column, breast bone, ribs, pelvis |
| Skull | consists of: cranial bones, facial bones |
| cranial bones | enclose and protect brain |
| crani/o | combining form for cranium or skull |
| sternum | breast bone |
| stern/o | combining form for sternum |
| sternal | pertains to the sternum |
| Ribs | 12 pairs |
| cost/o | combining form for ribs |
| costaglia | rib pain |
| Spine | 7 cervical vertebrae, sacrum, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar, coccyx (tailbone) |
| cervical | combining form for cervical |
| thoracic | combining form for thoracic |
| lumb/o | combining form for lumbar |
| sacr/o | combining form for sacrum |
| coccyg/o | combining form for coccyx |
| vertebr/o and spondyl/o | combining form for vertebrae |
| Spine | encloses and protects the spinal cord, supports the head |
| spine cont. | place of attachment for the ribs and muscles of the back |
| rach/i and rachi/o | combining form for the spine |
| rachiodynia | painful condition of the spine |
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