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1
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What is the anterior surface of the hand, foot, wrist and tongue known as?

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Hand - palmar surface Foot - dorsum of the foot Wrist - volar aspect of the wrist Tongue - ventral aspect of the tongue

2
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State another 2 words for superior? State another word for inferior?

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Superior: Cranial and rostral Inferior: Caudal

3
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What is the first digit of both the hands and feet?

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Thumb (pollicis) is the first digit in the hand Big toe (hallux) is the first digit of the foot

4
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What do these planes separate the body into: Coronal? Saggital? Horizontal? (name the other term for horizontal) Paramedian siggital?

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Coronal plane - front and back Saggital plane - left and right Horizontal or transverse plane - superior and inferior Paramedian saggital plane - this is a saggital section that is not down the midline

5
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What does anterior movement above the knee result in? What does anterior movement below the knee result in?

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Anterior movement above the knee results in flexion Anterior movement below the knee results in extension

6
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What occurs during pronation and supination of the forearm?

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Pronation - radius rotates over the ulna so that the palms are facing the floor Supination - the radius and ulna become parallel - remember soup for supinate ie cupping for soup - palms face the sky

7
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What movements must a joint be able to carry out to circumduct?

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A joint must be able to flex, extend, abduct and adduct to be able to circumduct

8
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What is the opposite of retraction of the mandible? What movement is retraction of the mandible?

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Retraction of the mandible is when the lower jaw is brought backward Protraction is the opposite and it is when the lower jaw is brought forward Elevation of the mandible is when it moves superiorly Depression of the mandible is when it moves inferiorly

9
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Thumb Opposition refers to the ability to turn and. rotate the thumb so that it can touch each fingertip. of the same hand. This allows us to grasp objects of. various sizes and operate tools Which muscle allows for opposition of the thumb and what nerve supplies this muscle? What is this muscles attachments?

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Opponens pollicis supplied by the recurrent branch of the median nerve (C8,T1) Attaches from the trapezium to the base of the 1st metacarpal - Opposition at 1st CMC joint

10
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What are the three types of joints and which is the least mobile?

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Fibrous Cartilaginous Synovial joints

11
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Name the three types of fibrous joint?

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Fibrous joint - Suture - only found in the skull Syndesmoses Gomphosis - roots of teeth into their socket are only example

12
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Name two types of cartilagenous joints for both primary and secondary cartilagenous joints?

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Primary cartilagenous joints - 1st rib and epiphyseal plates Secondary cartilagenous joints - pubic symphysis and intervertebral discs

13
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Name all the types of synovial joints? Synovial joints are the most common and most movable type of joint in the body of a mammal. As with most other joints, synovial joints achieve movement at the point of contact of the articulating bones.

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Plane Saddle Condyloid aka ellipsoidal Hinge Ball and socket Pivot

14
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What type of joint is a facet joint? What is another name for a facet joint? What articulation forms a facet joint?

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Facet joint is a plane synovial joint The facet joint is also known as a zygapophyseal joint The joint is the result of articulation between the superior articular surface of a vertebra and the inferior articular surface of the vertebra above

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