Assessment Of The Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Body’s central framework
Skeletal System
Makes up the skeletal system
Bones and connective tissue, including cartilage, tendons, and ligaments
How many bones in adult body
206
5 functions of bones
- Structure
- Protection
- Acts as levers
- Produce RBC’s
- Stores calcium
Organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscles
Muscular System
Permits movement of the body, maintain posture, and circulates blood throughout the body
Muscular System
How many muscles in the body
650
2 functions of muscles
- Allow for movement and position
- Produce heat
Point of articulation of two bones; provides range of motion
Joints
Bone to bone
Ligaments
Connect muscle to bone
Tendon
Supports and shapes, acts as a shock absorber
Cartilage
Sacs filled with synovial fluid inside, cushion and reduces friction between joints
Bursae
Joint that permits rotation in one axis
Pivot
Supinates, pronates, rotates
Pivot
Allows movement in one axis
Hinge
Flexion, extension
Hinge
Joint that permits movement in two axes, also known as “egg and spoon joint”; with long diameter of oval and short diameter of oval serving as axes
Condyloid
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction
Condyloid
Moves across many possible axes, ex. Hip and shoulder joint
Ball and socket joint
Flexion, extension, internal rotation, external rotation, abduction, adduction, circumduction
Ball and socket joint
Moves across many surface, articular surface are flat and bones rides over the other in many directions (limited in many directions)
Plane/gliding
Has 2 axes like condyloid, articular surface are saddle shaped, moves in similar fashion to condyloid joint
Saddle joint
Abduction, adduction, opposition, and reposition
Saddle
Normal/abnormal findings in musculoskeletal system assessment
- Symmetry/asymmetry
- Skin color and appearance
- Rash
- Ulcers
- Lack of sweating
- Hair abnormalities
- Warmth and heat
- Swelling including effusions, nodules
- Inflammatory findings like synovial and periarticular thickening
Usually associated with movement
Cramping or soreness
Muscle pain
Fracture
Deep, dull, and throbbing
Bone pain
Joint pain and stiffness are worse in the morning
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joints are stiff after rest and pain is worse at the end of the day
Osteoarthritis
Migrates from muscle or to groups of muscle
Muscle weakness
Can help identify the disease process responsible for weakness
Known symptom patterns
Is usually a myopathy
Proximal weakness
Usually a neuropathy
Distal weakness
Difficulty lifting objects or combing hair
Proximal weakness of upper extremities