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Module One - Musculoskeletal system Flashcards

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What is a joint?

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Sites where two or more bones meet. Facilitates bone movement.

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What is a ligament?

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Connect the articulating bones at a joint.

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What is cartilage?

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supports body structure, connects bones, maintains shape of body structures, resists compression, has tensile strength and is composed of chondrocytes and on extra cellular matrix.

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What are the three different types of cartilage?

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Hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage and fibrocartilage

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Hyaline Cartilage

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covers the ends of the articulating bones, connects ribs to sternum and forms the epiphyseal plate of bones

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elastic Cartilage

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forms the auricle of the ear

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Firbocartilage

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forms menisci, connects individual vertebrae, connects hip bones

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What are the 5 functions of bones?

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Support, protection, storage of minerals and triglycerides, blood cell protection, and movement.

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The axial skeleton

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Includes bones of the skull, vertebral column and rib cage

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The appendicular skeleton

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Upper limbs, lower limbs, shoulder girdles and pelvic girdle

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What are the different shapes of bones?

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Long bones, shorts bones, flat bones and irregular bones

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What are surface features (landmarks) of bones?

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Projections, depressions, and openings on the surface of bones function as:
- Site of muscle, tendon or ligament attachment

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What are the different types of tissues bones contain?

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  • Connective tissue (osseous tissue, adipsoe tissue and hyaline caritilage)
  • Nevrous tissue (sensory neurons)
  • Muscle and epithelial tissue (blood vessels)
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Osseous tissue

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A connective tissue that contains specialised cells and in extracellular matrix

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What is the matrix made of?

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Consists of ground substance, collagen fibres and calcium phosphate crystals. Makes bones hard, slightly flexible and strong.

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Collagen fibres (matrix component)

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Provides felxibilty and tensile strength

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Calcium Phosphate crystals

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Makes bones hard and provides compressive strength

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What are the different types of specialised cells?

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  • Osteoprogenitor cells (stem cells that differentiate into osteoblasts)
  • Osteoblasts (bone building cells that secrete collegen fibres and ground substance
  • Osteoclasts (bone resorbing cells that break down the matric and release stored minerals)
  • osteocytes (mature bone cells that maintain the matrix)
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Structure of bone

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Every bone has an:
-outer layer of dense, smooth compact bone and an internal layer of spongy bone.
outer connective tissue membrane = periosteum (covers compact bone and contains blood vessles and nerves)
internal connective tissue membrane = endosteum (covers spongy bone)

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Compact bone

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Osseous tissue is arranged into osteons.
Each osteon:
- runs parallel to the long axis of bone
consists of:
- a central canal (blood vessels and nerves)
- concentric circles (hollow circles) of matrix
- Osteocytes - lies between the cylinders of matrix
Acts as tiny weight bearing pillar (resists force applied)

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Spongy bone

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Osseous tissue arranged into an irregular lattice of thin needle like structure called trabeculae (precisely orientated to resist forces from all directions and transfer wieght without breaking.

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What are the types of bone growth?

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Appositional growth and interstitial growth

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Interstitial growth

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Occurs at the epiphyseal plates of long bones (lengthens bones)

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Appositional growth

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Occurs at outer surface of all bones (widens)

25
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What hormones regulate bone growth in children?

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Growth hormone and thyroid hormone

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What hormones regulate growth in adolesence

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GH, TH, testosterone and estrogen

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How do hormones regulate bone growth?

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Promote the growth spurt in adolesense.

End growth by inducing epiphyseal plate closure

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Bone remodelling

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Occures throughout life
Maintains bone mass and strength
Replaces old matrix
Involves bone resorbtion and bone deposition

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Bone resorption

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Osteoclasts break down old matrix

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Bone deposition

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osteoblasts produce new matric

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Factors that affect bone growth and remodelling

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Adequate amounts of:

  • calcium
  • vitamin c
  • vitamin A
  • vitamin D
  • Vitmain K and B
  • weight bearing exercise
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What is a bone fracture

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Any crack or break in a bone, and can be classified as:

  • classified (simple) fracture: bone doesnt break skin
  • open (compound) fracture: bone protrudes through the skin
  • greenstick: incomplete
  • compression fracture: bone is crushed
  • spiral fracrure: ragged break caused by exessive twisting
  • epiphyseal fracture
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What are some more types of bone fractures?

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  • transverse fracture: breaks along the long axis
  • depressed fracture: broken bone is pressed inwards
  • avulsion fracture: tears away from bone
  • pathological fracture: caused by a disease that weakens bones
  • colles fracture: radius
  • scaphoid fracture: carpals
  • Potts fracture: tib/fib
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What does fracture treatment involve?

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  1. reduction: realignment of bone ends
  2. immobilisation: cast, sling etc
  3. rehabilitation: restore function
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What are the four steps to fracture repair?

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  1. Haematoma forms
  2. Fibrocartilaginous callus forms
  3. Bony callus forms
  4. Bone remodelling
36
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What are different types of bone diseases?

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  • osteomalacia or rickets (bones are poorly mineralised)
  • osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones)
  • osteoporosis (reduction in bone mass)
37
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What is a joint?

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Formed where the surfaces of two or more bones connect. Holds the skeleton together.

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How are joints functionally classified?

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  • synarthrosis (immovable joint)
  • ampiarthrosis (slighlty moveable)
  • diarthrosis (freely moveable)
39
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How are joints structurally classified?

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  • Fibrous
  • Cartilaginous
  • synovial
40
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Fibrous joints

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articulating bones are united by fibrous connective tissue. Joint cavity is absent.
- are immovable or slightly moveable

41
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Cartilaginous joints

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articulating bones are united by cartilage (hyaline or fibrocartilage). joint cavity is absent.
- Immovable or slightly moveable

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Synovial joints

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articulating bone ends are covered in articulating cartilage. Joint cavity present.
- freely movable (wide range)

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What is the general structure of a synovial joint?

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  1. articulating capsule (surround entire joint and encloses joint cavity. 2 layers : tough outer fibrous layer, inner synovial membrane)
  2. Joing (synovial) cavity (seperates articulating bones, contains synovial fluid)
  3. synovial fluid (shock absoption, reduces friction)
  4. articular cartilage (covers ends or articulating bones, shock absoprtion and redecues friction)
  5. reinforcing ligament (stabilises synovial joint)
44
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What are some additional structures that may be present at a synovial joint?

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  • Menisci: discs of fibrocartilage
  • Muscle tendons: stabilise
  • Bursae and tendon sheaths: bags of synovial fluid
  • Fat pads: mass of adipose tissue (protects joint structure)
45
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Type of movement allowed by synovial joints

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  • angular movements: flextion, extension, adduction, abduction etc.
  • rotational movements: rotation (medial and lateral), supination and pronation
  • special movements: protraction, retraction, opposition, depression, elevation etc.
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What are the 6 types of synovial joints?1

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  1. pivot joint
  2. plane joint (gliding)
  3. condylar joiny (flexion etc.) e.g. metacarpophalangeal joint and wrist
  4. saddle joint e.g. thumb
  5. hinge joint e.g. elbow
  6. ball and socket joint e.g. shoulder and hip
47
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What is a sprain?

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ligaments are stretched or torn.

- painful and immobilising

48
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Osteoarthrisis

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most prevelant form of chronic arthrisis. degenerative joint disease in which joint cartilage gradually deteriorates

49
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Rheumatoid arthrisis

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autoimmune disease that targets the synovial membranes lining synovial joints

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