Chapter 8 Flashcards
Circumduction
Moving a limb so it makes a cone in space (circle)
Rotator cuff
Series of tendons that encircle shoulder joint and joint capsule
Patellar ligament
Ligament that holds the knee cap in place
Muscles of the rotator cuff
Infiaspnatus
Subscapularis
Supiaspinarus
Teres minor
Plane joint
Almost flat articular surfaces gliding past each other
Syndesmosis
Bones are connected by ligament cords or panels of fibrous tissue
Hip
Coxal joint
Synostoses
During middle age skull bones ossify and fuse
RICE
Rest Ice compression elevation
Treatment for sprained ligaments
Plantar flexion
Pointing your toe
Tempromadibular joint
Shallow sockets make this the most dislocated joint
Example of pronation
Turning your hand forward to dribble a basketball
Housemaids knee
Prepatellar bursitis that causes pain and swelling
Menisci
C shaped cartilage between femur and tibia
Protraction
Sticking your tongue out