MSK Vocab & Descriptors Flashcards
Number of Axial bones
80 of them
Head, facial, hyoid, auditory, trunk, costals, sternum
Number of Appendicular bones
126 of them
Arms, shoulders, wrists, hands, legs, pelvis, ankles, feet
Osteoblast
forms the tissue and minerals that give bones strength
found within the bone
Osteoclast
absorbs and removes unwanted tissue
large cell formed in the marrow
Osteoclast
helps maintain bone as living tissue
found within the bone
Sesamoid Bones
a bone formed after birth in a tendon where it passes over a joint
Superior or cephalad
towards the head
inferior or caudal
towards the foot
adduction
towards the midline
abduction
away from the midline
What is this movement
radial deviation
what is this movement
ulnar deviation
Describe dorsiflexion
pointing toes upward
Describe plantar flexion
pointing toes down
Volar
refers to the palmar aspect of the forearm and hand only
Fracture Descriptors: displacement
bone is translated
Fracture Descriptors: angulation
long bone is angled
Fracture Descriptors: apposition
bone ends are touching
Fracture Descriptors: shortening
bone is displaced and translated longitudinally
Fracture Descriptors: overriding
bone is displaced and translated longitudinally
Fracture Descriptors: long bones
proximal third, middle third, distal third
Fracture Descriptors: varus
like riding a horse (applies to long bones)
Fracture Descriptors: valgus
knock knee (applies to long bones)
Fracture Descriptors: apex volar
angulation towards the palm (Colle’s)
Fracture Descriptors: apex dorsal
angulation towards the back of the hand/dorsum (Smith’s)
Fracture Descriptors: Greenstick fracture
pediatric fracture where bones bend but don’t break, or one cortex breaks but the other does not
What is this fracture and how would you describe it
Distal radius fracture/Colles fracture
What is this fracture and how would you describe it
Both bone forearm fracture
What is this fracture and how would you describe it
Greenstick fracture
What is this fracture and how would you describe it
both bone forearm fracture