Anatomy Flashcards
What membrane covers the bone and what is it function?
Periosteum
Helps nourish bines and provides an interface for attachment of tendons and ligaments
What membrane covers cartilage and what is its function
Perichondrium
Growth and repair of cartilage
How many cervical vertebrae
7
How many thoracic vertebra
12
How many lumbar vertebrae
5
How many sacral vertebrae
5
How many coccygeal vertebrae
4 (fused)
An X ray is good for imaging
Bones
Barium swallow is good for imaging
Soft tissue and bone
CT scan is good for imaging
Organs and tissue
Ultrasound is good for imaging
Soft tissue
In MRI bone is always____
grey
Axial
Skull, ribcage and vertebral column
Appendicular
Shoulder, arm, hand, pelvic girdle and lower limbs
Condyle
smooth end of a bone, covered with cartilage that articulates with the condyle of another bone
Epicondyle
Protruding area above or below the condyle for attachments of ligaments
Fossa
A shallow depression
Sulcus
A narrow groove
Tuberosity
A rough projection
Tubercle
Small round projection
Appendicular muscles are supplied by
Nerve plexus
Axial muscles are supplied
segmentally
Hilton’s law
The nerve supplying the muscles extending directly across and acting at a joint also innervates the joint
Histology of Skeletal Muscle (4)
Long slender
Multinucleate
Cross striations
Peripherally placed nuclei