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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

tendon

Back (Answer)

BONE to MUSCLE

#2
Front (Question)

ligament

Back (Answer)

BONE to BONE

#3
Front (Question)

sprain

Back (Answer)

when a twisting action tears the ligaments at a joint

#4
Front (Question)

dislocation

Back (Answer)

when a bone is forcibly placed from a joint

#5
Front (Question)

osteoporosis

Back (Answer)

-increased porosity or softening of the bones. -metabolic disorder caused by hormone

#6
Front (Question)

osteomyelitis

Back (Answer)

bone inflammation usually caused by an pathogenic organism

#7
Front (Question)

rupture disk

Back (Answer)

-also called a herninated or slipped disk - occurs when and invetebral disk (pad of cartilage seperating the vertebrae) ruptures or protrudes out of place and causes pressure on the spinal nerve

#8
Front (Question)

reduction

Back (Answer)

The process when: before a bone can heal properly it must be placed back into it’s proper alignment.

#9
Front (Question)

bursitis

Back (Answer)

inflammation of the bursae. -small fluid-filled sacs surrounding the joints

#10
Front (Question)

fracture

Back (Answer)

crack or break in a bone

#11
Front (Question)

sutures

Back (Answer)

areas where the crainiak bone have joined together

#12
Front (Question)

frontanels

Back (Answer)

soft spots. -allow for the enlargement of the skull as brain growth occurs

#13
Front (Question)

cranium

Back (Answer)

spherical structure that surrounds and protects the brain

#14
Front (Question)

appendicular skeleton

Back (Answer)

forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle and leg bones

#15
Front (Question)

axial skeleton

Back (Answer)

-forms main trunk of the boyd and is composed of the skull, spinal column, ribs and breast bone

#16
Front (Question)

Xiphoid Process

Back (Answer)

small piece of cartilage at the bottom of sternum

#17
Front (Question)

clavicles

Back (Answer)

collarbones

#18
Front (Question)

scapulas

Back (Answer)

shoulder bones/blades

#19
Front (Question)

acetabula

Back (Answer)

sockets recessed areas in the pelvic girdle

#20
Front (Question)

foramina

Back (Answer)

opening in bones that allow nerves and blood vessels to enter or leave the bone

#21
Front (Question)

sinuses

Back (Answer)

air spaces in the bones of the skull that act as resonating chambers for the voice

#22
Front (Question)

joints

Back (Answer)

areas where two or more bones join together

#23
Front (Question)

obturator foramen

Back (Answer)

an opening between the ischum and pubic

#24
Front (Question)

connective tissue bonds

Back (Answer)

ligaments