IMMS Anatomy Flashcards
What is the sagital plane?
vertical plane passing through midline of body, divides into right and left
What are the coronal planes?
divide body into anterior and posterior
What is the parasagital plane?
Runs parallel to sagital plane but to one side
What is the axial plane?
Divides the body into superior and inferior
Name the relative positioning terminology?
- Superior(above) and Inferior(below)
- Lateral(further from the sagittal plane) and Medial (closer to sagittal plane)
- Superficial (closer to surface) and deep(further from surface)
- Anterior (closer to front of the body) and Posterior(closer to back of body)
- Proximal(closer to starting point) and Distal (further from the starting point)
- Ipsilateral(same side of body) and Contralateral (the opposite side of the body)
Describe fibrous joints?
Bones in a fibrous joint are united by fibrous tissue, there is no joint cavity. The amount of movement depends on the length of the fibrous fibres. For example, the sutures of the cranium are fibrous joints with essentially no movement between them. In contrast, the interosseous membrane between the radius and ulna of the forearm forms a partially movable fibrous joint.
Describe cartilagenous joints?
The bones in a cartilaginous joint are united by cartilage, there is no joint cavity.
1. In primary cartilaginous joints the bones are united solely by hyaline cartilage which provides some flexibility e.g. attachment of the ribs to the sternum. 2. In secondary cartilaginous joints the bones are covered with a layer of hyaline cartilage and then united by fibrocartilage which provides strength e.g. the joints between vertebral bodies.
Describe synovial joints?
The bones in a synovial joint are united by a joint capsule enclosing a joint cavity. The joint capsule is composed of an outer fibrous layer and an inner serous synovial membrane. The joint cavity is a potential space which contains lubricating synovial fluid. The bones are covered by articular cartilage. Synovial joints allow free movement between the bones they join. The majority of limb joints are synovial.
What are the six types of synovial joints and give an example for each?
Ball and Socket (hip joint), Hinge(elbow), Condyloid (Metacarpophalengeal joints of fingers), Saddle (Carpometacarpal joint of thumb) , Plane (Acromioclavicular joint), Pivot (Atlanto-axial joint of cervical spine)
What are the features of a ball and socket joint?
• Spherical and concave articular surfaces
• Multiple axes of movement
Permits flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, and rotation
What are the features of a hinge joint?
Permits flexion and extension only
What are the features of a condyloid joint?
- Similar to saddle joints with movement in two axes but one is usually restricted
- Permits flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and circumduction
What are the features of a plane joint?
- Articular surfaces are flat
- Joint capsules are tight
- Slide movement in planes of articular surfaces
What are the features of a saddle joint?
- Articular surfaces are convex and concave
- Two axes of movement
- Permits flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction
What are the features of a pivot joint?
Rotation around a central axis
Name the ligaments affected by medial and lateral movement of the knee joint?
• A lateral force applied to the knee will open out the medial angle of the knee and could strain or tear the Medial Collateral Ligament (A). A medial force applied to the knee could open out the lateral angle of the knee and strain or tear the Lateral Collateral Ligament. These bands of fibrous connective tissue stabilise the femur and tibia in the coronal plane
What anatomical feature provides shock absorption in the knee?
protection comes in the form of two discs of fibrocartilage; the medial and lateral menisci, that helps with shock absorption. The articulating surfaces are covered with hyaline cartilage which allows smooth movements
Which ligaments prevent/reduce movement in the sagital plane?
• There are a further two ligaments inside the knee joint that prevent excessive movements in the sagittal plane. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) attaches the posterior aspect of the lateral condyle of the femur and to the anterior part of the tibial plateau. Because of its position, it prevents excessive forward movements of the tibia in relation to the femur. The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) arises from the posterior tibial plateau and attaches to the anterior part of the medial condyle of the femur. The PCL prevents excessive movements of the femur anteriorly in relation to the tibia (or the tibia posteriorly in relation to the femur)
Name the three histological types of muscle?
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Name the 7 types of muscle structures
Fusiform, parallel, unipennate, bipennate, multipennate, circular, convergent
Define Flexion?
Flex is a verb meaning to bend. For any joint if the joint becomes more bent this is flexion. For example bending the knee or finger or wrist. Flexion of the back is bending forwards.
Define Extension?
For each joint this is the opposite of flexion, the joint is moved to a less bent (more straight) position.
Define Rotation?
Where the angle between two bones does not change but the axis of one of the bones rotates relative to the other. Eg. Turning the head to look sideways is rotation at the atlanto-axial joint, the humerus can be rotated relative to the shoulder.
Define Abduction?
Movement away from the midline; for the arms this is movement away from the body and for the legs movement away from the opposite leg. For fingers it is movement away from the middle finger and for the toes movement away from the second toe
Define Adduction?
The opposite of abduction. Moving the limbs towards the midline or moving the fingers and toes closer together.
Define Lateral flexion?
This is a movement of the trunk which takes place at the intervertebral discs, the upper body bends over to the side, it also occurs in the neck.
Define supination?
Rotation of the forearm bones so that the palm of the hand faces anteriorly
Define pronation?
Rotation of the forearm bones so that the palm of the hand faces posteriorly
Define protraction?
to move forwards, such as the jaw moving forwards at the temporomandibular joints or the scapula gliding anteriorly
Define retraction?
to move backwards, such as the jaw moving backwards at the temporomandibular joints or the scapula gliding more posteriorly
Define Opposition?
this is a special movement of the thumb where the thumb is rotated to allow the palm of the thumb to meet the palm of the little finger; the thumb opposes the little finger.
Define inversion?
The sole of the foot faces inwards towards the other foot
Define eversion?
movement of the foot where the sole of the foot is made to face outwards
How many vertebrae make up the spine and how are they divided?
The spine is made up of seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar and five sacral vertebra
What is unusual about the C1 and C2?
The atlas has no vertebral body, this has fused with the axis below to form the odontoid peg. The odontoid peg sits just behind the anterior arch of the atlas and is held in this position by the cruciate ligament. The odontoid peg can rotate considerably within the atlas and this accounts for almost all of the rotation of the head on the neck.
What is a typical cervical verterbrae structure?
The fifth cervical vertebra is ‘typical’ for the other cervical vertebra. The cervical vertebra all have three foramina (holes); one for the spinal cord and two for the vertebral arteries which lie in the transverse processes. The spinous process are bifid except on the seventh cervical vertebra.