Final Review Flashcards
Which prefix means around?
Peri or Circum
Which prefix means within?
Intra
What refers to a structure that is closer to the feet or the lower part of the body?
Inferior
What refers to something that is further away from its source?
Distal (e.g. limbs)
What refers to the same side as the reference point?
Ipsilateral
What is an arm like bar of bone?
Ramus
What is the principal mass of a structure?
Body
What is a smooth nearly flat articular surface?
Facet
What is a shallow depression or hollow in a bone?
Fossa
What is a narrow slit like opening?
Fissure
Movements along the saggital plane happen along what axis?
Medial/Lateral
What is a movement along the saggital plane that decreases the angle between body parts?
Flexion
What is the reference point for rotations of the spine?
Front of the Spine
What do we call joints that are connected by a sheet of fibrous tissue?
Fibrous Joint
What joint is in the scull and are tightly packed?
Sutures
When you have space between the bones and a sheet of fibrous tissue? (articulation)
Syndismosis (sheet of tissue not closely packed like tissues)
What are the features of a synovial joint?
Capsule, Cartilage, and Cavity
Which synovial joints are classified as biaxial?
Modified Hinge, Saddle
Describe a closed packed position? and what happens with the ligaments?
-e.g. Hip joint when you EXTEND, ABDUCT, and INTERNALLY ROTATE.
-Minimizes joint surface/brings everything together.
*MAXIMAL ARTICULAR SURFACE CONTACT
-LIGAMENTS ARE AT THEIR MAXIMUM LENGTH
*INCREASE IN STABILITY & DECREASE IN MOBILITY
Is GH joint supported by ligaments?
No, it is mainly supported by muscles
Closed paced position for GH Joint?
Maximum Abduction and External Rotation
*GH joint is rarely in a closed packed position
What do we call an area where a tendon inserts into a bone?
Tendoperiosteal Junction
What is a sheet like tendon?
Aponeurosis
What type of contraction happens when we are trying to control or slow a movement?
Eccentric