The basics (movements, planes/axis, arthrology & myology)

Question 1

_________ - a small rounded projection/process/eminence

Answer 1

tubercle

Question 2

__________ - a large rounded projection/process/eminence

Answer 2

tuberosity

Question 3

_______ - a very large, blunt, irregularly shaped process

Answer 3

trochanter

Question 4

_______ - a narrow ridge of bone

Answer 4

crest

Question 5

_____ - a narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest

Answer 5

line

Question 6

_______ - a sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Answer 6

spine

Question 7

__________ - a raised area on or above a condyle

Answer 7

epicondyle

Question 8

_______ - an arm like bar of bone

Answer 8

ramus

Question 9

_____ - the principle mass of a structure

Answer 9

body

Question 10

_________ - location at which 2 or more bones make contact

Answer 10

articulation

Question 11

________ - a rounded articular projection

Answer 11

condyle

Question 12

______ - a bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Answer 12

head

Question 13

_______- a smooth, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 13

facet

Question 14

a _________ - a canal-like passageway

Answer 14

meatus

Question 15

a ________ - a cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucus membrane

Answer 15

sinus

Question 16

a ________ - a shallow depression or hollow generally in a bone

Answer 16

groove

Question 17

a _________- a narrow slit-like opening

Answer 17

fissure

Question 18

a _________- a round/oval opening through a bone

Answer 18

foramen

Question 19

a ________- an indentation

Answer 19

notch

Question 20

A _________ is an imaginary line ALONG which a movement takes place

Answer 20

plane

Question 21

the ____ ________ plane runs vertically in an anterior/posterior direction, dividing the body equally into right and left portions, any plan that is parallel to this plane is called a sagittal plane

Answer 21

mid-sagittal

Question 22

the ________ plane runs vertically in a medial/lateral direction, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

Answer 22

frontal/coronal

Question 23

the __________/ horizontal plane runs horizontally dividing the parts of the body into superior and inferior parts

Answer 23

transverse

Question 24

an ______ is an imaginary line AROUND which a movement takes place

Answer 24

axis

Question 25

________ axis is an imaginary line around which movements occur in the horizontal planes

Answer 25

vertical

Question 26

the _________ ________ axis; an imaginary line around which movements occur in the sagittal/mid-sagittal plane

Answer 26

medial lateral

Question 27

the _________ __________ axis; an imaginary line around which movements occur in the frontal plane

Answer 27

anterior-posterior

Question 28

movements in the sagittal plane happen around a _______ -________ axis

Answer 28

medial-lateral

Question 29

movements in the coronal/frontal plane happen around an ________-_______ axis

Answer 29

anterior-posterior

Question 30

movements in the transverse plane happen around a ________ axis

Answer 30

vertical

Question 31

movements happen at _______

Answer 31

joints

Question 32

a movement along the sagittal plane around a medial lateral axis that moves the part of the body anteriorly from anatomical position is __________

Answer 32

flexion

Question 33

a movement along the sagittal plane around a medial-lateral axis that moves the part of the body posteriorly from anatomical position is ____________

Answer 33

extension

Question 34

a movement along the frontal plane around an anterior-posterior axis that moves the body part away from the median plane is ________

Answer 34

abduction

Question 35

a movement along the frontal plane around an anterior posterior axis that moves the body part towards the median plane is __________

Answer 35

adduction

Question 36

a movement along the coronal/frontal plane around an anterior - posterior axis that moves the body part inwards/towards the median/midsagittal plane is ___________

Answer 36

inversion

Question 37

is a movement along the coronal/frontal plane around an anterior-posterior axis that the body part outwards/away from median/midsagittal plane is _________

Answer 37

eversion

Question 38

_________ _________; a movement along the transverse plane around a vertical axis that moves the body part outwards

Answer 38

external rotation (lateral rotation)

Question 39

__________ _________; a movement along the transverse plane around a vertical axis that moves the body part inwards

Answer 39

internal rotation (medial rotation)

Question 40

________ of the spine is a movement along the transverse plane around a vertical axis

Answer 40

rotation

Question 41

when discussing rotation of the spin it is the _______ of the spine that is the point of reference

Answer 41

front

Question 42

__________ and ___________ are rotational movements in the forearm and foot

Answer 42

pronation and supination

Question 43

which two actions take place in the sagittal plane/ ML axis?

Answer 43

flexion and extension

Question 44

which two actions take place in the frontal plane/ AP axis?

Answer 44

abduction and adduction

Question 45

which movements take place in the transverse plane/vertical axis?

Answer 45

rotation, pronation and supination

Question 46

________ are formed where two or more separate bones connect

Answer 46

joints

Question 47

T/F joints are designed for movement & the amount of movement @ a joint depends on the type

Answer 47

true

Question 48

a _________ joint will have one axis of movement

Answer 48

uniaxial

Question 49

a _________ joint will have two axes of movement

Answer 49

biaxial

Question 50

a ________ joint will have multiple axes of movement

Answer 50

multiaxial

Question 51

a ________ joint is connected by fibrous tissue

Answer 51

fibrous

Question 52

T/F sutures are only in the skull

Answer 52

true

Question 53

___________ joints; bones are connected by a sheet of fibrous tissue

Answer 53

syndesmosis

Question 54

an example of a syndesmosis joint is in the _________ bones

Answer 54

forearm

Question 55

___________ joints; the joint is connected by cartilage or a combination of cartilage and fibrous tissue

Answer 55

cartilaginous

Question 56

T/F the vertebrae are connected by fibrocartilaginous intervertebral discs

Answer 56

true

Question 57

a _______ joint is the most common type of joint and has 3 features

Answer 57

synovial

Question 58

the three features of a synovial joint includes _________ _________, ___________ _________ and ___________ ________

Answer 58

joint capsule, joint cavity and articular cartilage

Question 59

T/F a joint capsule covers the articular cartilage

Answer 59

false

Question 60

there are ____ types of synovial joints

Answer 60

6

Question 61

a _________ joint is biaxial, "knuckle like" and does actions such as flexion, extension and abduction/adduction

Answer 61

condyloid

Question 62

a _________ joint is biaxial, an example of this joint is the thumb

Answer 62

saddle

Question 63

a ________ and _______ joint is multiaxial, an example of this joint is the hip

Answer 63

ball and socket

Question 64

a _______ joint conducts sliding or gliding movements - most are uniaxial

Answer 64

plane

Question 65

an example of a plane joint is the _____ joint

Answer 65

AC joint

Question 66

a _______ joint is uniaxial and does rotation

Answer 66

pivot

Question 67

an example of a pivot joint is ____ -____

Answer 67

C1-C2

Question 68

A ________ joint aka ginglymus - is uniaxial and ONLY does flexion and extension

Answer 68

hinge

Question 69

T/F the humeroulnar joint is a hinge joint

Answer 69

true

Question 70

a _________ is a sac filled with synovial fluid that decreases friction generated by the motion of one tissue over another

Answer 70

bursa

Question 71

ligaments connect _______ to _______

Answer 71

bone to bone

Question 72

ligaments will _______ a movement

Answer 72

check

Question 73

the two joint positions include the ______ packed position and the ______ packed position

Answer 73

loose packed and close packed

Question 74

a _________ contraction pulls two attachments closer together

Answer 74

concentric

Question 75

when a muscle contracts against resistance and there are no visible changes in muscle length - this is called an ___________ contraction

Answer 75

isometric

Question 76

in this type of contraction, the two muscle attachments are moving away from each other

Answer 76

eccentric

Question 77

the prime mover is aka the _________, this muscle is the primary muscle causing the desired movement

Answer 77

agonist

Question 78

T/F quadriceps is the prime mover for knee extension

Answer 78

true

Question 79

T/F there can only be one prime mover

Answer 79

false

Question 80

the __________ muscle is the muscle that opposes a specific contraction

Answer 80

antagonist

Question 81

a _________ is the muscle that stabilizes the more proximal joints during actions of the more distal joints

Answer 81

stabilizer

Question 82

a ___________ aka a neutralizer; is the muscle that works to assist the prime mover in a given action

Answer 82

synergist