Adaptable Design Template of the Limbs Flashcards
What embryonic tissue forms nearly all the connective tissue of the musculoskeletal system?
Mesoderm
3 regions of a limb (proximal to distal)
- Stylopod
- Zeugopod
- Autopod
How many bones in the adult human?
206
2 divisible units of the human skeleton
- Axial skeleton
- Appendicular skeleton
Components of the axial skeleton
- Head
- Vertebral column
- Thoracic cage
Components of the appendicular skeleton
- 2 upper limbs
- 2 lower limbs
Divisions of the upper limb
- Pectoral girdle (shoulder)
- Arm
- Forearm
- Wrist
- Hand
Divisions of lower limb
- Hip
- Thigh
- Knee + patella
- Leg
- Foot
What articulation forms the sternoclavicular joint?
Articulation between the medial aspect of the clavicle and the manubrium of the sternum
What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint?
Saddle type synovial joint
What is the joint disk of the sternoclavicular joint made of?
Fibrocartilage
What articulation forms the shoulder (gleno-humeral) joint?
Articulation between the head of the humerus (ball) and the glenoid fossa of the scapula (socket)
Which 3 bones form the pelvis?
- Left innominate bone of the hip
- Right innominate bone of the hip
- Sacrum
2 joints that form the pelvis, what type of joint they are, how many of each there are and what they are between
- Sacroiliac joint (fibrous, 2, sacrum and innominate bone)
- Pubic symphysis (secondary cartilaginous, 1, innominate bones)
Which 3 bones make up each innominate bone?
- Ilium
- Ischium
- Pubis
