Chapter 3: Skeletal System

cartilage

•  ankyl/o
• arthr/o
• kyph/o
• chondr/o

crooked, bent, or stiff

• ankyl/o
• arthr/o
• kyph/o
• chondr/o

cranium, skull

• cost/o
• crani/o
• -lysis
• myel/o

setting free, loosening

• cost/o
• crani/o
• -lysis
• myel/o

curved

• oste/o
• spondyl/o
• synovi/o, synov/o
• scoli/o

The shaft of the long bone is known as the:

• diaphysis
• distal epiphysis
• endosteum
• proximal epiphysis

The upper portion of the sternum is the:

• clavicle
• mandible
• manubrium
• xiphoid process

The __________ bone is located just below the urinary bladder.

• ilium
• ischium
• pubis
• sacrum

A/An _____________________ connects one bone to another bone.

• articular cartilage
• ligament
• synovial membrane
• tendon

A normal projection on the surface of a bone that serves as an attachment for muscles and tendons is known as a/an:

• cruciate
• exostosis
• popliteal
• process