Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Anterior
Closer to front
Posterior
Closer to back
Superior
More up (closer to head)
Inferior
More down (closer to feet)
Medial
Closer to centre
Lateral
Closer to sides of body
Proximal
Closer to where limb joins to body
Distal
Further from where limb joins to body
Deep
Further from surface
Superficial
Closer to surface
Coronal plane
Divides into front and back
Sagittal plane
Divides into left and right (midsagittal or median plane)
Transverse plane
Top and bottom
Coronal movement
Side to side
Sagittal movement
Back and forward
Transverse movement
Rotating
Flexion (sagittal)
Decrease angle, fleshy parts brought together
Extension (sagittal)
Increase angle, fleshy parts move apart
Dorsiflexion (sagittal)
Foot: toes upward (ankle flexion)
Plantarflexion (sagittal)
Foot: toes pointed (ankle extension)
Abduction (coronal)
At joint, limb moves away (applies to hands)
Adduction (coronal)
At joint, limb moves toward middle line (applies to hands)
Inversion (coronal)
Foot: sole toward middle line
Eversion (coronal)
Foot: sole away from middle line
Circumduction (coronal)
Combination of 4 angular movements (flexion, abduction, extension, adduction). No rotation
Rotation (transverse)
Pivot around axis of a joint
Pronation (transverse)
Palms posterior
Supination (transverse)
Palms anterior (hold soup)
Musculoskeletal system functions
Support, movement, protection, storage, red blood cell formation
Structures of bone
Compact and cancellous
End of long bone
Epiphysis (distal or proximal)
Middle of long bone
Diaphysis
Classes of bone
Long, short, flat, irregular
Cavity in long bones
Medullary
Skeleton divisions
Axial (bones of the core) and appendicular (limbs)
Immovable joints joining skull bones
Sutures
Vertebral column divisions
Cervical (7), Thoracic (12), Lumbar (5)
Hand bone arrangement
Carpals (8), metacarpals (5), phalanges (14)
Foot bone arrangement
Tarsals (7), metatarsals (5), phalanges (14)
How do limbs attach to axial skeleton?
Girdles (pectoral- shoulder, pelvic- hip)
Bones that make up the hip bone (joint by pubic symphysis)
Ilium, pubis, ischium
Bones that make up the pelvis
Sacrum, coccyx, hip bone (ilium, ischium, pubis)
Epithelial tissue
Covers exposed surfaces, lines internal passageways and chambers, forms secretory glands
Connective tissue function
Fills internal spaces, provides structural support, stores energy
Muscle tissue
Contracts to produce movement, includes skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle
Nervous tissue
Conducts electrical impulses, carries information
Functions of epithelial tissue
Provide physical protection, control permeability, provide sensation, produce specialised secretions
Functions of connective tissue
Establish structural framework, transport fluids and dissolved materials, protect delicate organs, support, surround and interconnect other types of tissue, store energy, defend against invading microorganisms
Cartilage being converted bone
Endochondral Ossification
Function of organic part of bone
Collagen: Resist tension, provide flexibility
Function of inorganic part of bone
Hydroxyapatite, other Ca minerals: hard and resistant to compression
Osteogenic
Stem cells that produce osteoblasts
Osteoblasts
Bone creators (new bone matrix)
Osteoclasts
Bone destroyers (remove bone matrix to mobilise calcium, phosphate, other minerals)
Compact bone microscopic structure
Osteon structure
Osteon
Longitudinal unit providing pathway for nutrients to get to cells in ECM
Lamellae
Layers of ECM
Lacunae
Lakes where osteocytes, chondrocytes live
Canaliculi
Channels for osteocytes through trabecular ECM
Cancellous bone microscopic structure
Trabeculae: struts of lamella bone, red marrow fills cavities
Name for bone widening growth
Appositional growth
Primary ossification centre
Diaphysis
Secondary ossification centre
Epiphysis
Connective tissue in joints types
Cartilage and Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue
Types of cartilage
Hyaline (HIGH water conc, resist compression), fibrocartilage (many collagen FIBRES, resist compression and tension)
Types of DFCT
Tendons, ligaments, joint capsules