ANAPHY: SKELETAL SYSTEM

• Joint - where two bones interact
• Synarthrosis


  Immovable (ex. skull)
• Amphiarthrosis


  Slightly movable joint (ex. between vertebrae)
• Diarthrosis


  Freely movable joint (ex. knee, elbow, wrist)
• Bursitis


  Inflammation of a bursa (fluid - filled sac that cushions tendons)
• Ewing’s Family of Tumors


  Group of tumors that affect different tissue types; primarily bone
• Gout


  A type of arthritis; deposits a uric acid crystals in the joints
• Kyphosis


  Abnormal curvature of the of the spine (humpback)
• Lordosis 


  Exaggerated inward curvature of the lumbar spine (swayback)
• Osteoporosis


  A condition in which bones thin (become porous over time
• Osteosarcoma


  A type of bone cancer that originates from osteoblasts, the cells that make bony tissue
• Paget’s Disease


  Causes bones to enlarge and become deformed and weak
• Scoliosis


  An abnormal S - shaped curvature of the spine