Lec Int 5 Flashcards
Standing, palms facing forward, feet forward
Anatomical position
Ventral side of body
Anterior
Dorsal side of body
Posterior
Closer to origin
Proximal
Further away from point of origin
Distal
Divides body into front and back portions
Coronal plane
Divides body into left and right halves
Sagittal plane
Divides body into upper and lower portions
Transverse plane
Towards the midline
medial
Away from midline
lateral
Higher than
superior
Lower than
inferior
Joints that allow expansion rather than motion
immovable joints
Another name for immovable joints
fibrous joints
Joints that provide little movement and allow expansion and contraction
Slightly moveable joints
Another name for slightly moveable joints
cartilaginous joints
Type of joints that move
freely movable joints
Another name for freely movable joints
synovial joints
Type of immovable joint that join portions of skull
suture joints
Suture joint in skull running along sagittal plane
Sagittal suture joint
Suture joint in skull running in coronal plane
Coronal suture joint
Suture joint in skull where sagittal and coronal suture joints intersect
Anterior fontanelle
Another name for anterior fontanelle
bregma
Term for when suture joints in skull have ossified
synostosis joints
Type of joint found between parellel long bones
syndesmosis joints
Example of syndesmosis joint
Middle radioulnar joint
Name of fibrous tissue in syndesmosis joints
interosseous membrane
Type of joint separated by cartilage
cartilaginous joints
Two types of cartilaginous joints
Transitional, permanent
Type of cartilaginous joint replaced by complete bony union
transitional
Type of cartilaginous joint that retains modified cartilage
Permanent
Three parts of transitional cartilaginous joints
diaphysis, epiphyseal plate, epiphysis
Portion of transition joint where bone growth occurs
epiphyseal plate
Name for what replaces epiphyseal plate when boneg growth stops
epiphyseal line
Name for permanent cartilaginous joint that include vertebrae
symphysys joints
Name for symphysis joint that gives cushoin and flexibility to vertebrae
intervertebral disk
Symphysis joint in pelvis, allows pelvis to expand for childbirth
symphysis
Four parts of a synovial joint
synovial membrane, joint cavity with synovial fluid, articular cartilage, fibrous joint capsule
Part of synovial joint that creates synovial fluid
synovial membrane
Part of synovial joint that covers end of bones
articular cartilage
Part of synovial joint that lubricates joint
synovial fluid
Six types of movable joints (synovial joints)
plane, hinge, pivot, condyloid, saddle, ball and socket
Least movable of movable joints
plane joints
Example of plane joints
Intercarpal joints in wrist, 2-5 carpometacarpal joints
Type of movable joint that is uni-axle, movement on one directional plane
hinge joints
Example of hinge joint
humeroulnar joint (elbow)
Type of moveable joint that moves in one direction, from left to right
pivot joint
Example of pivot joint
atlantoaxial joint (C1 & C2)
Type of movable joint that moves in 2 angular planes, multi-axial joint
condyloid joint
Examples of condyloid joint
metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints 2-5
Term for combined planes of movement by condyloid joints
circumduction
Type of moveable joint in which joint concavities are at right angles to each other
saddle joint
Articulation between 1st metacarpal and trapezium, example of saddle joint
trapeziometacarpal joint (TMC)
Term for moving thumb towards palm and away from palm stright out
adduction/abduction of TMC joint
Term for moving thumb towards palm and away from palm out to the side
flexion/extension of TMC joint
Type of movable joint that allows functional rotation, movement in 2 right angular planes, multiaxial joint
ball and socket joint
Example of ball and socket joint, unstable, frequently dislocated
glenohumeral joint (shoulder)