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| provide the framework on which the body is constructed and protect and support internal organs |
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| places at which bones come together |
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| attached to bones or to internal organs and blood vessels, are responsible for movement |
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| physicians who treat bone and joint diseases surgically and medically |
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| combined form that means straight |
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| Combined form meaning child |
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| non-surgical physicians who specialize primarily in joint problems |
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| combined form meaning watery flow |
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Both doctors can specialize in orthopedics or rheumatology
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| T or F: A medical doctor can't specialize in orthopedics or rheumatology, but an osteopathic physician can |
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| a person who has extensive and specialized training in using physical means to manipulate the spinal column, joints, and soft tissues |
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| T or F: A chiropractor is a physician |
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| considers that disease is related to pressure on nerves by spinal misalignment |
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| connective tissue bones are composed chiefly of, which is a combination of osteocytes, collagen, and calcium salts |
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| dense, connective tissue protein strands found in bone and other tissues |
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| one of the mineral constituents of bone |
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| major calcium salt in bones |
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| fetal bones which are more flexible and less dense due tot a lack of calcium salts in intercellular spaces |
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| bone formation--the gradual replacement of cartilage and its intercellular substance by osteoblasts and calcium deposits |
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| immature osteocytes that produce the bony tissue that replaces cartilage |
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| large cells that function to reabsorb bony tissue |
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| another name for osteoclasts |
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| What two minerals do bones need for formation? |
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| bones found in the thigh, lower leg, and upper and lower arm |
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| bones found in the wrist and ankle that are small and irregularly shaped |
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| bones that cover soft body parts like the skull, shoulder blades, ribs, and pelvic bones |
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| small, rounded bones that resemble a sesame seed in shape--found near joints and increase efficiency of muscles near them |
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