Chapter Four Flashcards
What is a skeleton
the frame work for your body
physis
suffix
growth
oste/o
root
bone
axial skeleton
(center)
skull
spine
-spine is made up of the vertebrae
-vertebral sections include the cervical thoracic,
lumbar, and sacral)
sternum
ribsappendicular skeleton / upper extremities
arms
wrists
hands
fingers
appendicular skeleton / lower extremeties
legs
ankles
feet
toes
crain/o
root
skill
cervic/o
root
neck
spondylo/o
root
vertebra
lumb/o
root
loin, lower back
brachi/o
root
arm
dactyl/o
root
finger
carp/o
root
wrist
costo/o
root
rib
femor/o
root
femur (thighbone)
tibi/0
root
tibia (shinbone)
tars/o
root
ankle
chondr/o
root
cartilage
arthr/o
root
joint
burs/o
root
bursa (small fluid-filled sac found hear the body’s joints)
Joints are
- two or more bones that meet
- most joints allow movement between bones
Joint movements (two)
flexion
extension
adduction
towards the body
abduction
away from the body
What are joints held together by
supportive tissues such as ligaments and tendons
What are a couple of supportive structures of joints?
cartilage
bursae
ten/o
root
tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone)
tend/o
root
tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone)
tendin/o
root
tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone)
muscul/o
root
muscle
my/o
root
muscle
myos/o
root
muscle
fasci/o
root
fascia (fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together)
ton/o
root
tone, tension
kinesi/o
root
movement, motion
kinet/o
root
movement, motion
tax/o
root
arrangement, order, coordination
ankyl/o
root
stiff, bent
meta
after
spasm
involuntary contraction
