Skeletal System Choice Board
Across
- 7. specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the bones, joints, and muscles
- 8. areas where two or more bones join together
- 12. abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine
- 13. to bind, tie together
- 15. physician who specializes in the study and treatment if arthritis characterized by inflammation in the joints and connective tissue
- 16. abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side
- 17. x-ray
- 19. inflammation of a bursa
- 21. “wear and tear arthritis,” degenerative joint disease, most commonly associated with aging
- 22. spinal cord, bone marrow
- 25. fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
- 26. a specialist in care for the feet
- 27. abnormal softening of cartilage
- 29. broken bone with no open wound
Down
- 1. connect bone to bone
- 2. inflammation of a joint
- 3. loosening, setting free
- 4. the total displacement of a bone from its joint
- 5. treats mis-alignments of the spine
- 6. nuclear imaging test that that helps diagnose bone disease
- 9. abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- 10. a fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas that are subject to friction
- 11. bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children
- 14. curved, bent
- 18. bone fracture that breaks through the skin
- 20. the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint
- 23. curve, swayback, bent
- 24. red bone marrow forms red blood cells. Yellow bone marrow stores fat
- 27. the smooth, rubbery, blue-white connective tissue that acts as a shock absorber between bones
- 28. the loss, or absence, of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure