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Musculoskeletal System Ch.10 Flashcards

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Appendage

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any body part attached to a main structure

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articulation

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Place of union between two or more bones; aka joint

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cancellous

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latticelike arrangement of bony plates occurring at the ends of long bones

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cruciate ligaments

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ligaments that cross each other, forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles

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hematopoiesis

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Production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow

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Skeletal muscles

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voluntary or striated muscles i.e. eyeballs, tongue, and bones

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Cardiac muscles

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makes up most of the wall of the heart. striated

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Smooth muscles

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involuntary or visceral. found in organs, walls of arteries and respiratory passages.

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fleshy attachments

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  • attaches muscle to bone

- arise directly from bone-weaker than fibrous attachments

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fibrous attachments

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-connective tissue converges at the end of the muscle to become continuous and indistinguishable from the periosteum.

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Aponeurosis

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fibrous attachment that spans a large area of bone

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tendon

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  • connective tissue that forms a chord or strap

- attaches muscle to bone

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ligament

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flexible bands of fibrous tissue that are highly adapted for resisting strains. Hold two bones closely together in a synovial joint.

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Flexion

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decrease the angle of a joint

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extension

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increase the angle of a joint

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Rotation

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moves a bone around its own axis

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Inversion

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Moves the sole of the foot inward

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Eversion

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Moves the sole of the foot outward

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dorsiflexion

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elevates the foot

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plantar flexion

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lowers the foot (points the toes)

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hematopoiesis

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producing blood cells with the bone marrow

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short bones

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  • cube shaped
  • core of spongy bone aka cancellous bone
  • i.e. bones of wrist, ankle, and toes
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Irregular bones

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Bones that cannot be classified as long or short because of their complex shape.
-i.e. vertebrae, bones of the middle ear

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Flat bones

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  • provide broad surfaces for muscular attachment or protection for internal organs.
  • i.e. bones of skull, shoulder blade, sternum
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Long bones

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  • found in appendages of the body
  • i.e. legs, arms, fingers
  • three main parts diaphysis, epiphyses, and periosteum
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Diaphysis

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  • the shaft or long main portion of a bone

- consists of compact bone (forms a cylinder and surrounds central canal) and medullary cavity (aka marrow cavity)

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Epiphyses

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  • distal and proximal ends of the bone
  • covered with articular cartilage (provides smooth surface for movement of joints)
  • made up of large porous chamber of spongy bone
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Periosteum

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Dense, white, fibrous membrane, covers the remaining surface of the bone

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Osteoblasts

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bone forming cells

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30
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How bones are in the human body?

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206

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31
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What are the divisions of the skeletal system

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Axial and Appendicular

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Axial skeleton

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Skull
rib cage
vertebral column

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Apendicular skeleton

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upper and lower extremities and their girdles

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Articulate

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where to bones meet to form a joint

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Diarthroses

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freely moveable joint

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36
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amphiarthroses

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slightly moveable

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synarthroses

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immovable

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38
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synovial joints

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Joints that allow movement

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ankyl/o

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stiffness; bent, crooked

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arthr/o

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kypho/o

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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orth/o

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oste/o

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ped/o

ped/i

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foot; child

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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thorac/o

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acromi/o

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acromion (projection of the scapula)

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brachi/o

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bone)

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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cephal/o

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

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clavicul/o

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cost/o

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cani/o

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cranium (skull)

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dactyl/o

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fingers; toes

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femor/o

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fibul/o

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humer/o

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ili/o

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ilium (lateral flaring portion of the hip bone)

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ischi/o

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ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

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lumb/o

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loins (lower back)

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metacarp/o

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metacarpus (hand bones)

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metatars/o

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metatarsus (foot bones)

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patell/o

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petella (kneecap)

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pelv/i

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phalang/o

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phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

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pod/o

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pub/o

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pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm, thumb side)

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spondyl/o

vertebr/o

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vertebrae (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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tibi/o

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tibia (larger bone in lower leg)

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leiomy/o

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smooth muscle (visceral)

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muscul/o

my/o

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped (striated)

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rhabdomy/o

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rod-shaped (striated) muscle

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chondr/o

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fasci/o

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band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

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fibr/o

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fiber, fibrous tissue

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synov/o

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synovial membrane/fluid

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tend/o
ten/o
tendin/o

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-asthenia

A

weakness, debility

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-blast

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embryonic cell

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-clasia

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to break; surgical fracture

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-clast

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to break; surgical fracture

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-desis

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binding, fixation (of a joint or bone)

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-malacia

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-physis

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-porosis

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor of connective tissue

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-scopy

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visual examination

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Factures

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closed, open, complicated, comminuted, impacted, incomplete, greenstick, colles fracture

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osteomyelitis

A

bone infection

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