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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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What are fibrous joints?

A

Immovable, joints, such as ones that are found in the skull and pelvis which interlock bones for stability

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What are cartilaginous joints?

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Slightly movable joints, which feature cartilage in their structure, they have some range of movement, not extensive

For example, joints in the spine where relative joint movement is minimal, but the overall structure has good mobility

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What are synovial joint?

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Freely movable joints, which have considerable range of motion and are instrumental in our ability to move

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What are examples of synovial joints?

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Knee
Elbow
Hip
Shoulder

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What are characteristics of Arsenal veal joint share?

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Enclosed by ligaments

Synovial membrane is housed within the joint capsule to secret synovial fluid

Feature a joint capsule that surrounds the entire structure

Features articular cartilage at the end of bones,


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What are the different types of synovial joints? 

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Gliding
Hinge
Ball and socket
Pivot
Saddle
Condyloid

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What is a gliding joint?

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Offers the ability for two surfaces to slide past each other

Instrumental to move our upper body

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What is a hinge joint

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Offers only flexion and extension in a large range of motion around a single plane of movement

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Examples in hinge joints

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Knee and elbow

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What is a pivot synovial joint?

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Design to Allows rotation

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What is a pivot synovial joint?

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Design to Allows rotation

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What is a condyloid synovial joint?

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Similar in structure and function to a Hinge joint on a smaller scale

Example is the knuckle

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What is the synovial saddle joint?

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It has a shallow groove, which allows for a wide range of movement in almost all planes of motion


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14
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What are the joint actions in the spine?

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Flexion
Extension
Lateral flexion
Rotation

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What are the joint actions of the shoulder and hip?

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Flexion
Extension
Abduction
Adduction
Medial rotation
Lateral rotation

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What are the joint actions of the ankle?

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Plantarflexion
Dorsiflexion
Inversion
Eversion

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Joint actions of the knee

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Flexion
Extension
Medial rotation
Lateral rotation

18
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What are the joint actions of the elbow?

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Flexion
Extension
Pronation
Supination

19
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What are the joint actions of the shoulder girdle?

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Elevation
Depression
Protraction
Retraction

20
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What are the three different planes?

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Sagittal
Frontal
Transverse

21
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What is rotation?

A

To turn on an axis either internally or externally

22
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What is plantarflexion?

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Pointing the toes away from the shin

23
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What is Dorsiflexion?

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Bringing the toes up towards the shin

24
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What is inversion?

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Sole of foot facing inwards

25
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What is a eversion?

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Sole of foot facing outwards

26
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What is pronation?

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Downward facing

27
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What is supination?

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Upward facing

28
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What is protraction?

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Forward movement

29
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What is retraction?

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Backward movement

30
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What is circumduction?

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Move in a circular fashion

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What is adduction?

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Move towards the midline of the body

32
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What is abduction?

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Move away from the midline of the body

33
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What is horizontal extension?

A

Increasing of an angle in a horizontal plane

34
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What is horizontal flexion?

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Narrowing of an angle in a horizontal plane

35
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What is elevation and depression?

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Elevation is raising up

Depression is dropping down

36
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What is a lateral flexion?

A

Bending to the side

37
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What is a lateral extension?

A

Returning from a position of lateral flexion to anatomical position

38
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What is extension?

A

Increasing an angle or extension

Example is tricep extension or leg extension

Straightening out a arm or a limb. This could include past the midline so backwards like the backward part of an arm rotation. 

39
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What is flexion?

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Narrowing an angle

Example, leg, curl or bicep curl

40
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What movement is involved in the transverse plane

A

Rotation or twisting

Example, Russian twist

41
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What movement is involved for the frontal plane?

A

Side to side movement with no forward or backward movement

Examples include lateral raise shoulder press and lat pulldown

42
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What is the sagittal plane?

A

Any exercise involving forwards or backwards flexion and extension movement as it relates to the moving joints

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