Med Term Skeletal Review

The term ARTHRitis refers to

• Joints

• Cartilage

• Bone

• Skin

Tissue connecting a bone to other bones

• Ligament

• Tendon

• Cartilage

Tissue connecting muscle to bone

• Tendon

• Ligament

• Cartilage

Lordosis affects this region of the spine

• Lumbar

• Thoracic

• Cervical

• Sacral

Hunchback

• Kyphosis

• Lordosis

• Scoliosis

• Hyperhydrosis

Connection point for tongue and swallowing muscles

• Hyoid

• Patella

• Maxilla

• Masseter

Number of lumbar vertebrae

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

Division of the skeleton including the arms and legs

• Appendicular

• Axial

• Atropic

• Amyotropic

Soft spots on a baby's head

• Fontanels

• Fractures

• Sutures

• Diaphysis

The shaft of a long bone. Meaning "to grow between"

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

• Epiphiseal Plate

• Kyphosis