FIRST MEET (FINALS) Flashcards
A movement of a limb away from the midline or median plane of the body, along the frontal plane.
abduction
A rounded cavity on the right and left lateral sides of the pelvic bone.
acetabulum
The movement of a limb toward the body midline.
adduction
A technique used to detect fluid, or to examine or detect floating body structures.
ballottement
Small, synovial-fluid-filled sacs that protect ligaments from friction.
bursae
Heel bone.
calcaneous
Bones joined by cartilage.
cartilaginous joint
The movement in which the limb describes a cone in space: while the distal end of the limb moves in a circle, the joint itself moves only slightly in the joint cavity.
circumduction
The movement in which the elevated part is moved downward to its original position.
depression
A displacement of the bone from its usual anatomical location in the joint.
dislocation
Flexion of the ankle so that the superior
aspect of the foot approaches the shin.
dorsiflexion
A lifting or moving superiorly along a frontal plane.
elevation
A movement in which the sole of the foot is turned laterally.
eversion
A movement that increases the angle between the articulating bones.
extension
Bones joined by fibrous tissue.
fibrous joint
A bending movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones closer together.
flexion
A partial or complete break in the continuity of the bone from trauma.
fracture
The simplest type of joint movements. One flat bone surface glides or slips over another similar surface.
The bones are merely displaced in relation to one another.
gliding
The great toe is abnormally adducted at
the metatarsophalangeal joint.
hallux valgus
A bending of a joint beyond 180 degrees.
hyperextension
A movement in which the sole of the foot is turned medially.
inversion
is the point where two or more
bones in the body meet.
joint (Articulation)
An exaggerated thoracic dorsal curve that causes asymmetry between the sides of the posterior thorax.
kyphosis
An exaggerated lumbar curve that
compensates for pregnancy, obesity, or other skeletal changes.
lordosis