THE SKELETAL SYSTEM AND JOINTS AND MUSCLES Flashcards
(20 cards)
MANDIBLE (JAWBONE)
It is a combined hinged and gliding joint
CRANIUM (SKULL)
Made up of many bones fused together
CLAVICLE (COLLAR BONE)
A bone on your shoulders
STERNUM (BREASTBONE)
It connects your ribs
HUMERUS
The upper part of your arm
VERTEBRAE
Also know as your spine they go up from your tail bone to your cranium
PELVIS
Also know as your hip bones
FEMUR
It is found in the upper part of your leg
FIBULA
It is found in the lower part of your leg
ULNA
Found in the lower part of your arm opposite the radius
RADIUS
Found in the lower part of your arm on your thumbs side
PATELLA
It is on top of and next to the tibia, femur and fibula. It is also known as the knee cap
TIBIA
It is found in the lower part of your leg
TALUS (ANKLE)
Your ankle bone is a hinged joint
WHAT ARE ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLE PAIRS?
Antagonistic muscle pairs are 2 muscles that work oppositely. When one contracts the other relaxes and when the other one contracts the other one relaxes. For example: the biceps and triceps.
WHAT ARE BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS
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WHAT ARE HINGED JOINTS
Hinged joints only allow 180 degrees of movement like your leg or arm
WHAT ARE PIVOT JOINTS
Your neck is a pivot joint and it allows you to move around on a axis
WHAT ARE FUSED JOINTS
You can’t move fused joints because they are fused to another bone like your skull. It used to be made of many bones but then they fused together
WHAT ARE GLIDING JOINTS
Gliding joints allow the bones to glide past one another in any direction
