Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

KINS 294 > Unit 2: Skeletal System & Joints > Flashcards

Unit 2: Skeletal System & Joints Flashcards

1
Q

protects the organs of the head, neck, and trunk

A

axial skeleton

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

-arms, hands, legs, and feet
-pectoral girdle (scapula and clavicle)
-Pelvic girdle

A

appendicular skeleton

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

-support
-protection
-movement
-blood formation (bone marrow)
-storage of inorganic salts (calcium and phosphate)

A

functions of skeletal system

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

-long with expanded ends
-functions as levers and framework
-i.e. humerus, ulna, radius, femur, tibia

A

long bone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

-small, cubed-shaped
-i.e. carpals, tarsals, and patella

A

short bones

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

-plate-like with broad surfaces
-provide protection, muscle attachments
-i.e. skull, scapula, sternum/ribs

A

flat bone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

-various shapes
-connected to other bones
-i.e. vertebrae and skull bones

A

irregular bones

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

-prominent projections of a bone
-divided into articulation for non-articulating

A

processes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

where two bones meet

A

articulation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

rounded projection supported by a neck

A

head

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

large, knuckle-like surface

A

condyle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

smooth, flat articular surface

A

facet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

-smaller projection above condyle
-usually attachment site for muscles and ligaments

A

epicondyle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

blunt projection only on the femur

A

trochanter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

small knob-like, rounded process

A

tubercle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

a long, pointed projection

A

styloid process

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

broad, rounded, roughened process

A

tuberosity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

prominent border or ridge

A

crest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

less prominent ridge than a crest

A

line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

sharp, slender process

A

spine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

generic term for any projection

A

process

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

primarily where blood vessels and nerves pass into or through the bone

A

openings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

narrow slit-like openings between parts of bones

A

fissures

24
Q

hole

A

foramen

25
Q

tube-like passageway

A

canal

26
Q

canal-like

A

meatus

27
Q

air-filled cavity within a bone

A

sinus

28
Q

-on surface of bones
-provide for the passage of blood vessels and other soft tissue

A

depressions

29
Q

pit-like landmark

A

fovea

30
Q

a furrow-like opening or groove

A

sulcus

31
Q

basin-like depression

A

fossa

32
Q

often a “C” or “U” shaped depression

A

notch

33
Q

-bind parts of the skeleton together
-make bone growth possible
-enable the body to move through muscle contraction

A

function of joints

34
Q

joints without movement

A

fibrous (synarthrosis)

35
Q

slightly moveable joints

A

cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis)

36
Q

relatively free movement in 1,2, or 3 planes (6 subtypes)

A

synovial (diarthrosis)

37
Q

-free moving bones with the articular surface covered with articular cartilage
-joint capsules filled with synovial fluid
-synovial membrane that lines the capsule
-ligamentous support
-bursae may be present

A

characteristics of all synovial joints

38
Q

-sliding joint, no axis of movement
-articulating surfaces are flattened
-i.e. intercarpal, facets of vertebrae

A

gliding, plane, or irregular joints

39
Q

-bending in one plane
-articulating surfaces: 1 concave and 1 convex
-i.e. elbow, fingers, toes

A

hinge joints

40
Q

-rotation in 1 plane
-articulating surfaces: 1 rounded and 1 depressed
-i.e. radial-ulnar joint, joint between C1 and C2 in neck

A

pivot joints

41
Q

-movement in 2 planes
-articulating surfaces: 1 concave and 1 convex
-i.e. knuckle (metacarpophalangeal), wrist (radoiocarpal), knee (tibiofemoral)

A

condyloid (elipsoidal) joint

42
Q

-movement in 3 planes and rotation
-articulating surfaces: 1 rounded and 1 cup-like cavity
-i.e. shoulder, hip

A

ball and socket joints

43
Q

-movement in 2 planes
-articulating surfaces: 1 concave in one direction, 1 convex in another direction
-i.e. thumb (trapeziometacarpal)

A

saddle joints

44
Q

-expanded ends
-spongy bone
-covered by articular cartilage
-provides smooth movement between bone
-protects against wear and tear

A

epiphysis

45
Q

-compact bone
-hollow center contains bone marrow

A

diaphysis

46
Q
A

epiphyseal growth plates

47
Q

-center of the diaphysis
-endosteum lines this
-bone marrow

A

medullary canal

48
Q

-vascular, fibrous tissue covering outside of bone
-covers all bone except the epiphysis

A

periosteum

49
Q

-vitamin A, C, D, and calcium
-growth hormone in the pituitary
-exercise
-sex hormones

A

factors that affect bone growth

50
Q

develop from masses of hyaline cartilage shaped like future bony structures

A

endochondral bones

51
Q

make bone by depositing intercellular material around themselves

A

osteoblasts

52
Q

-mature osteoblasts
-surrounded by matrix and no longer able to divide

A

osteocytes

53
Q

-eat away at the calcified matrix
-macrophage important in remodeling and growth
-originates in bone marrow

A

osteoclasts

54
Q

-adjust strength to the amount of stress
-rearrange shape for proper mechanical support
-old bone becomes weak and brittle

A

Wolff’s law

55
Q

-unbalanced resorption/deposition of bone
-loss of bone mass and mineral content

A

osteoporosis

KINS 294 (15 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions