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Module 6 Flashcards

1
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The PLANE that divides the body into LEFT and RIGHT portions

A

Sagittal

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2
Q

While reaching for a doorknob and twisting it to open a door, which of the following paired actions are used?

A

Pronation + supination

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3
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The large bony apophysis on the proximal femur that is an attachment point of muscles involved in running ; it comes from the Greek word meaning “to run” or “to rotate/spin”?

A

Trochanter

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4
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A small pit

A

Fovea

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5
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The bony apophysis that is a small, rounded head, like the one found on the distal humerus

A

Capitulum

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6
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The bony depression that describes a “large basin”, like the one found on the hip bone

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Fossa

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7
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This word describes a hole with some length, like the canal that forms the external ear canal

A

Meatus

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8
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This type of suture joint found between the temporal bone and the parietal bone:

A

Squamosal

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9
Q

The structure that produces synovial fluid in a synovial joint

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Synovial membrane

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10
Q

Which of the following joint types has the greatest ROM

A

Diarthrosis

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11
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Which joint type has the greatest ROM

A

Spheroid

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12
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The type of joint found between two articulating vertebral bodies

A

Cartilaginous

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13
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The type of joint found between two articulating vertebral bodies

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Amphiarthrosis

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14
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This type of diarthrotic joint that only allows for the action of translation

A

Gliding (Plane)

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15
Q

Which of the following is an example of a multi-axial joint?

Knee (femorotibial)
Femoroacetabular (hip)
Wrist (radioulnarcarpal)

A

Femoroacetabular (hip)

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16
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The number of tarsals per foot

A

7

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17
Q

The growth plate of a long bone is found here

A

Metaphysis

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18
Q

The humerus is part of which division of the skeletal system?

Appendicular
Osseous
Axial

A

Appendicular

19
Q

The textbook number of bones in the human body

A

206

20
Q

The axial skeleton contains how many thoracic vertebrae

A

12

21
Q

Which of the following have more bones

A 4-year old female
A 44-year old male

A

A 4-year old female

22
Q

7-10 concentric rings of lamellae form a/an

A

Osteon

23
Q

The process by which a long bone, like the femur elongate

A

Endochondral

24
Q

One of the bones that articulates at the glenohumeral joint

A

Scapula

25
Q

What bone articulates with the distal femur?

Ulna
Fibula
Tibia

A

Tibia

26
Q

What type of fascia separates compartments of muscles?

A

Deep (investing) fascia

27
Q

Myofibroblasts and the contractile filaments of fascia respond to innervation from this division of the ANS

A

Sympathetic

28
Q

A muscle that has roughly four equal sides to its shape is described as

A

Quadrate

29
Q

A muscle whose belly is thickest in the middle, and whose ends both taper or narrow down to a round tendon on each end of the muscle describes which muscle morphology?

A

Fusiform

30
Q

A flat sheet-like tendinous attachment of muscle like the one found attaching the muscles of the abdominal wall to the ribs, back and hips

A

Aponeurosis

31
Q

Which of the following defines the muscle attachment ement point that moves, or is mobile during muscle contraction?

Concentric contractor
Origin
Insertion

A

Insertion

32
Q

The structural divisions of the nervous system include

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PNS, CNS

33
Q

The structural divisions of the nervous system include

A

PNS, CNS

34
Q

The part of the neuron that transmits or propagates and action potential

A

Axon

35
Q

The standard numbers of pairs of spinal nerves

A

31

36
Q

Neutrons that carry action potentials from the skin to the spinal cord or brain have what type of shape/morphology

A

Pseudounipolar

37
Q

Motor neutrons are found in which of the following types of nerves?

A

Cranial, spinal, peripheral

38
Q

The function of the nervous system that allows an action potential to be transmitted or propagated along an axon

A

Conductivity

39
Q

The function of the nervous system that allows an action potential to be transmitted or propagated along an axon

A

Conductivity

40
Q

which of the following processes occurs in the CNS?

Sensation
Integration
Motor output

A

Integration

41
Q

A group of bodies in the PNS

A

Ganglion

42
Q

A group of axonal fibers in the CNS

A

Tract

43
Q

The neurological cell of the PNS responsible for myelin sheath formation

A

Schwann cell

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