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Chapter 8 - Skeletal Flashcards

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Name the three types of joints in the body

A

suture (cranium), Synovial (ball and socket, hinge), Symphysis (pubic)

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Define arthralgia

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joint pain

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What causes gout

A

build up of uric acid

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3
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What is the function of CA in the body

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bones and heart

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What is kyphosis

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curvature of the spine, humping of the thoracic vertebrae

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5
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Another name for rays

A

phalanges

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Tha

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Total Hip arthroplasty

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7
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What is the long term danger of scoliosis

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impaired breathing

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What bones make up the pelvic girdle

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ilium (2), sacrum, pubis, ischium

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Where are the metatarsals

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feet

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10
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How many bones in the human skeleton

A

206

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11
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Where is the olecranon process and what bone is it

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elbow, ulna

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Name the bones of the knee joint (4)

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femur, tibia, fibula, patella

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What is the name of the hip socket

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acetabulum

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14
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Technical term for growth plates in the bones

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epiphyseal plates

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15
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Arthrodesis

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fusion of a joint

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16
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how many tarsals in the human body

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8 X 2

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How many vertebrae are there

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approx. 32

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18
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Names the eight bones of the cranium

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Frontal Bone, Partial bones, Occipital bone, temporal bones, Spheniod bone, Ethmoid bone

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19
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What is osteomalacia

A

softening of the bone

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20
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Function of ostoclasts

A

break down areas of old or damaged bone

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21
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What is the proximal end of the humerus called

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head or ball

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22
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What makes up the axial skeleton

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bones of the head, chest, and spine

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23
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Bones of the head

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Cranium and facial bones

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24
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What is avascular necrosis

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loss of blood supply to bone, bone death as a result

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What is scoliosis

A

curvature of the spine, “S” or “c” curves

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26
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Define arthropathy

A

disease of the joint

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27
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What bone are you sitting on

A

ischium

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28
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What is in the thoracic cavity

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Primarily the heart and lungs

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29
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What is the patella

A

knee cap

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30
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Where is the distal end of the humerus

A

Elbow

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31
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Name the second cervical vertebra

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Axis

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32
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How many carpals in the human body

33
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AKA

A

above knee amputation

34
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The dorsal attachment of the ribs is the

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vertebral column

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TKA

A

total knee arthroplasty

36
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Name the zones of the vertebral column in an ascending order from tail to head

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coccyx, sacral, lumbar, thoracic and cervical

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Which parts of the vertebral column are in a concave direction

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cervical and lumbar

38
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What makes up the appendicular skeleton

A

bones of the shoulders, arms, hips, and legs

39
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What is lordosis

A

curvature of the spine

40
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Long bones such as the humerus or femur has a straight shaft called the

A

diaphysis and two widened ends or epiphyses

41
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What is ORIF

A

open reduction internal fixation

42
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Name the three types of ribs

A

true, false, and floating

43
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How many phalanges in the normal human body

44
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Laterally, the clavicle attaches to the

45
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What is the distal end of the tibia

46
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What is the proximal end of the femur

A

acetabulum

47
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What is the laymans name of the tibia

48
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Anatomical name of the collar bone

49
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FX

50
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Function of osteoblasts

A

deposit new bone tissue in damaged areas

51
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Name the three bones of the inner ear

A

Malleus, incus, stapes

52
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How many vertebrae in each area?

A

Cervical 7, thoracic 12, lumbar 5, sacral 5, coccyx 3

53
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What bone inserts into the glenoid fossa

54
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What bones inserts into the acetabulum

55
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What is aspiration

A

removing blood with a needle, joint or hematoma

56
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What is the proximal end of the humerus

A

glenoid fossa

57
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What disease uses a bone density tests

A

osteoporosis

58
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What are fontanels

A

soft spots of a baby’s skull

59
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What is osteomyelitis

A

inflammation of the bone

60
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What is the name of the shoulder socket

A

glenoid fossa

61
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Another name for the spinal column

A

vertebral column

62
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What does the clavicle attach to medially

63
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Name the ball and socket joints of the body

A

shoulder (shld) and hip

64
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What is the proximal end of the femur called

A

ball or head

65
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Name the bones of the elbow

A

humerus, radius and ulna

66
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what and where is a chondroma

A

cartilage tumor

67
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BKA

A

below knee amputation

68
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What is the function of the fibula

A

muscle attachment

69
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Which bone of the pelvic girdle is the most frequently FXD

A

pubic rami

70
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Name the vertebra in a cephalic to caudal direction

A

cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx

71
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Common name for hallux valgus

72
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Anatomical name of the heel bone

73
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which arts of the vertebral column are in a convex direction

A

thoracic and sacral

74
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What is ankylosing spondylitis

A

the vertebrae of the body fusing, ascending direction

75
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Name the hinge joints of the body

A

knee and elbow

76
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What is chondromalacia patellae

A

mal-tracking of the knee cap in the distal femur

77
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Name the first cervical vertabra

78
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What is hemarthrosis

A

Blood in the joint

79
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How many pairs of ribs in the thoracic cavity

80
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What is the name of the first tarsal

81
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What is osteoporosis

A

Weakening of the bone

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