DAVID M. NUNAMAKER. The term osteomyelitis by definition implies inflammation of the bone and its marrow contents regardless of the cause. The purpose of this chapter is to describe osteomyelitis caused by known infectious agents. The two major classifications are bacterial osteomyelitis and fungal osteomyelitis. The study of bacterial osteomyelitis includes two distinct clinical forms of the disease.
Then you are a vertebrate, too! Vertebrates make up most of the animals that we are familiar with. Exceptions to this would be things like an insect, an octopus, a lobster or crab, a jellyfish, or a clam. Most everything else is a vertebrate, with a backbone and other bones. The five classes of vertebrates are listed below.
Vertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that have a back bone or spinal column. Animals that belong to the vertebrates group have a chain of bony elements from the head to the tail of the body.