ankyl/o-
crooked; bent; stiff
arthr/o-
joint
chondr/i- OR chondr/o-
cartilage
cost/o-
rib
crani/o-
skull
-desis
to bind; tie together
kyph/o-
bent; hump
lord/o-
curve; swayback; bent
-lysis
loosening; setting free
myel/o-
spinal cord; bone marrow
oss/e- or oss/i- or ost/o- or oste/o-
bone
scoli/o-
curved; bent
spondyl/o-
vertebrae; vertebral column; backbone
synovi/o- or synov/o-
synovial membrane; synovial fluid
-um
singular noun ending
ossification
(oss-us-fih-KAY-shun)
- skeleton begins as fragile membranes and cartilage and then turns into bone through this process of ossification
periosteum
(pehr-ee-OSS-tee-um)
- the tough, fibrous tissue that forms the outermost covering of bone
compact bone
- is the dense, hard, and very strong bone that forms the protective outer layer of bones
spongy bone
medullary cavity
(MED-you-lehr-ee)
endosteum
(en-DOS-tee-um)
- is the tissue that lines the medullary cavity
red bone marrow
- is a hemopoietic tissue that manufactures red blood cells, hemoglobin, white blood cells, and thrombocytes
hemopoietic
(hee-moh-poy-ET-ick)
yellow bone marrow
- composed chiefly of fat cells and is located in the medullary cavity of long bones