Bones & Joints Flashcards
1
Q
You are introduced to a patient who received a blow to the shoulder which caused a dislocation of the glenohumeral (shoulder) joint. The radiology department was asked to prepare an image of the shoulder region to confirm the dislocation. The glenohumeral joint was relocated.
- What type of image would you ask the Radiology department to produce?
A
X-ray, one anteroposterior/posteroanterior (sagittal) and one transverse (axial)
2
Q
- What type of joint is the glenohumeral joint?
A
Synovial ball-and-socket
3
Q
- You are asked to confirm that the patient is able to carry out all the movements normally associated with the glenohumeral joint. Which movements would you ask the patient to perform in order to satisfy this request?
A
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, medial and lateral rotation
4
Q
- Name the bones of the axial skeleton
A
- Skull, ribcage and vertebral column
5
Q
- Where would you find a synchondrosis?
A
Primary cartilaginous joint – in a developing bone at the epiphsyeal growth plates
6
Q
- What type of joint is present between the vertebral bodies
A
- Secondary cartilaginous / symphysis
7
Q
- Name three types of fibrous joints
A
- Suture, gomphosis, syndesmosis
8
Q
- What structures make up a synovial joint?
A
- Joint capsule, synovial membrane, synovial fluid, articular cartilage.
9
Q
- Give an example of a pivot joint
A
- Between atlas and axis C1 and C2 vertebrae, proximal and distal radioulnar joints.
10
Q
- What is the function of the fibula?
A
- As a site for muscle attachment
11
Q
- Which bones make up the pectoral girdle?
A
- Clavicle and scapula
12
Q
- What movements can occur at the scapula?
A
- Protraction, retraction, depression, elevation, rotation.
13
Q
- The tarsal bones are which type of bone?
A
- Short
14
Q
- What bone connects the axial to the appendicular skeleton of the upper limb?
A
- The clavicle
15
Q
- What type of bone is the patella?
A
- Sesamoid
