Skeletal Systtem Crossword
Across
- 2. Abnormal softening of cartilage
- 3. The visual examination of the internal structure of a joint
- 7. Treats mis-alignments of the spine
- 8. Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
- 10. Connect bone to bone
- 11. Inflammation of a bursa
- 12. Abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side
- 18. Skull
- 19. polymyalgia rheumatica
- 20. The smooth, rubbery, blue-white connective tissue that acts as a shock absorber between bones
- 21. Degenerative joint disease common with aging
- 22. total hip arthroplasty
- 25. The total displacement of a bone from its joint
- 27. The partial displacement of a bone from its joint
- 28. Abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine
- 29. Spinal cord, bone marrow
- 30. Membrane, Lines the capsule and secretes synovial fluid
- 31. a fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas that are subject to friction
Down
- 1. Inflammation of a joint(s)
- 4. Fluid, Joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial membrane
- 5. Scan, Nuclear imaging test that helps diagnose bone disease
- 6. Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
- 9. X-ray
- 13. Fracture, Fracture which twists around the bone, may occur from a twisting force
- 14. Areas where two or more bones join together
- 15. Magnetic resonance imaging; used to look at soft issue structures of the interior joint complex
- 16. A specialist in care for the feet
- 17. Fracture, Bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children
- 23. The loss, or absence, of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure
- 24. Cartilage
- 26. Fracture