PLTW: HBS - 1.1 Bones and Fractures

Adipose Tissue

Connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat.

Appendicular Skeleton

Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial skeleton.

Axial Skeleton

The skeleton of the trunk and head.

Connective Tissue

Animal tissue that functions mainly to bind and support other tissues, having a sparse population of cells scattered through an extracellular matrix.

Epithelial Tissue

Sheets of tightly packed cells that line organs and body cavities.

Femur

The proximal bone of the hind or lower limb that is the longest and largest bone in the human body, extends from the hip to the knee.

Humerus

The longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow.

Pelvis

A basin-shaped structure in the skeleton of many vertebrates that is formed by the pelvic girdle together with the sacrum and other various coccygeal and caudal vertebrae and that in humans is composed of the two hip bones bounding it on each side and in front while the sacrum and coccyx complete if behind.

Skull

The skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws.

Tibia

The inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with the talus - called also shinbone.

Tissue

An integrated group of cells with a common structure and function

Mandible

The lower jaw, which causes the compressions during breastfeeding helping to milk the breast

Maxilla

Forms most of the upper jaw, and part of the hard palate, contains upper molars, premolars, and canines

Frontal Bone

the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits

Temporal Bone

bone that forms parts of the side of the skull and floor of the cranial activity. There is a right and left temporal bone.

Occipital Bone

forms the posterior floor and walls of the cranium

Parietal Bone

either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium

Orbicularis Oculi

Closes the eye

Orbicularis Oris

closes lips

Temporalis

Elevates and retracts mandible

Zygomatic Bone

cheekbone

cervical

The first seven bones of the vertebral column (forming the neck) are the

Fibula

The lateral and smaller bone of the lower leg

Radius

lateral bone of the forearm

Ulna

Inner and larger bone of the forearm, attached to the wrist and located on the side of the little finger.

Patella

knee bone

Clavical

collar bone

Humurus

upper arm bone

Metacarpals

bones of the hand

Metatarsals

foot bones

transverse fracture

bone break with fracture line straight across shaft of bone

spiral fracture

Fracture which twists around the bone, may occur from a twisting force

comminuted fracture

bone breaks into many fragments