Chapter 15 Musculoskeletal system

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What is the process of bone formation called?

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Which cells produce immature bony tissue that replaces cartilage?

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Which cells are responsible for nourishing and maintaining bones?

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Which cells are involved in the reabsorption of bone?

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What is the shaft of the bone called?

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What is the end of a long bone called?

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What is the conelike flared portion between the end and shaft of a bone?

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What is the growth plate where cartilage is replaced by bone for bone growth called?

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Which type of bone contains Haversian systems for blood vessels, nerves, and yellow bone marrow?

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Which type of bone contains spaces with red bone marrow for blood formation?

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What is the primary function of yellow marrow?

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What is the function of red marrow?

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What serves as attachments for muscles, tendons, and ligaments on bones?

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What are hollow regions in bones that help join or serve as passageways called?

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What is the knuckle-like process at the end of a bone near the joint called?

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What is the process of bone formation known as?

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What are the combining forms for calcium?

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What is the combining form for humpback?

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What is the combining form for lamina?

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What is the combining form for curve or swayback?

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What is the combining form for lower back?

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What is the combining form for bone marrow?

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What is the combining form for straight?

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What is the combining form for bone?

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What is the combining form for crooked or bent?

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What are the combining forms for vertebra?

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What is the suffix for embryonic cell?

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What is the suffix for to break?

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What is the suffix for slipping?

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What is the suffix for softening?

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What is the suffix for to grow?

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What is the suffix for pore or passage?

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What is the suffix for an instrument to cut?

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What is the combining form for acetabulum (hip socket)?

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What is the combining form for calcaneus (heel bone)?

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What is the combining form for carpals (wrist bones)?

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What is the combining form for clavicle?

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What is the combining form for rib?

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What is the combining form for skull?

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What is the combining form for femur (thigh bone)?

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What is the combining form for fibula?

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What is the combining form for humerus?

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What is the combining form for ilium?

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What is the combining form for ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)?

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What is the combining form for malleolus?

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What is the combining form for mandible?

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What is the combining form for maxilla?

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What is the combining form for metacarpals?

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What is the combining form for metatarsals (foot bones)?

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What is the combining form for olecranon (elbow)?

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What is the combining form for patella (kneecap)?

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What is the combining form for pelvis?

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What is the combining form for fibula?

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What is the combining form for phalanges?

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What is the combining form for pubis?

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What is the combining form for radius?

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What is the combining form for scapula (shoulder blade)?

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What is the combining form for sternum?

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What is the combining form for tarsals (ankle bones)?

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What is the combining form for tibia?

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What is the combining form for ulna (lower arm bone)?

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What is a malignant bone tumor called?

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What is a bony growth (benign) arising from the surface of bone called?

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What is a malignant tumor originating in bone-producing cells called?

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What is the condition of softening of the bone called?

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What is the inflammation of bone and bone marrow called?

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What is the congenital abnormality of the hindfoot (involving the talus) called?

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What are immovable joints in the skull called?

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What are freely movable joints called?

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What is the connective tissue that binds muscles to a bone called?

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What is the combining form for stiff?

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What are the combining forms for joint?

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What is the combining form for bursa?

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What is the combining form for cartilage?

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What is the combining form for watery flow?

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What is the combining form for synovial membrane?

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What are the combining forms for tendon?

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What is the suffix for to bind or tie together?

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What is the suffix for narrowing?

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