Musculosketal System

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Appendage

Answer 1

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; also called a joint

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Cancellous

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Latticelike arrangements 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 condytes

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Hematopoiesis

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

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Fibers

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Provide movement of an organ or body part

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Fleshy attachments

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Muscle fibers arise directly from bone.

Distribute force over wide areas

Are weaker than a fibrous attachment

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Fibrous attachment

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

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Aponeurosis attachment

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When the fibrous attachment spans a large area of a bone

Found in lumbar region of the back

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Tendon

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When connective tissue fibers form a cord or strap

This arrangement localized a great deal of force in a small area of bone

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Ligaments

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Are flexible bands of fibrous tissue that are highly adapted for resisting strains and are one the principal mechanical factors that holds bones close together in a synovial joint

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Flexión

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Movement

Decreases the angle of a joint

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Extension

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Movement

Increases the angle of a joint

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Rotation

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Movement

Moves a bones around it’s own axis

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Pronation

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Movement

Turns the palm down

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Supination

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Movement

Turns the palm up

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Inversión

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Movement

Moves the sole of the foot inward

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Eversión

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Movement

Moves the sole of the foot outward

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Dorsiflexion

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Movement

Elevated the foot

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Plantar flexión de

Answer 20

Movement

Lowers the foot (points the toes)

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Short bones

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Consist of a core of spongy bone (cancellous bone) enclosed in a thin surface layer of compact bone.

i.e. bones of the ankles, wrist, and toes

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Irregular bones

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Include bones that can’t be classified as short or long because of their complex shapes.

i.e. vertebrae and bones of the middle ear

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Flat bones

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They are flag bones and provide broad surfaces for muscular attachment or protection for internal organs.

i.e. bones of the skull, shoulder blades, and sternum

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Long bones

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Are found in the appendages (extremities) of the body, such as legs, arms, and fingers

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Diaphysis

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The shaft or long main portion of a bone

Consists of compact bone

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Compact bone

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Forms a cylinder and surrounds a central canal

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Medullary cavity

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Also called marrow city, contains fatty yellow marrow in adults and consists primarily of fat cells and a few scattered blood cells.

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Distal epiphysis

Proximal epiphysis

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The two ends of the bones.

Covered with articular cartilage

Reduces friction and absorbs shock are the freely movable joints

Made up largely of a porous chamber of spongy bone surrounded by a layer of compact bone.

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Articular cartilage

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A type of elastic connective tissue that provides a smooth surface for movement of joints

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Periosteum

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A sense white fibrous membrane, covers the remaining surface of the bone.

Contains numerous blood and lymph vessels and nerves

Provides a means for bone repair and general bone nutrition

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Osteoblasts

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In growing bones the inner layer contains the bone forming cells known as osteoblasts

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Soft spot

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Unossified membrane found in infants skull

Incomplete bone formation

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Fontanel

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Allows the bones to move as the fetus passes through the birth canal during the delivery process

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Frontal bone

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Form the anterior portion of the skull (forehead) and the roof of the bony cavities that contain the eyeballs

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Parietal bone

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Situated on each side of the skull just behind the frontal bone

Together forma the upper sides and roof of tha cranium.

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Thorax

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Refers to the entire chest

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Thoracic cage

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The internal organs of the thorax include the heart and Lynch’s which are enclose and protected by the rib cage known as Thoracic cage

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Humerus

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Upper arm bone

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Carpals

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Wrist

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Metacarpals

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Palm

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Phalanges

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Fingers

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Articulate

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Joints

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Diarthroses

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Degree of mobility ; freely movable

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Amphiarthroses

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Degree of mobility ; slightly movable

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Synarthroses

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Degree of mobility; immovable

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Synovial joints

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Joints that allow movement

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Orthopedics

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The branch of medicine concerned with prevention, diagnosis, care, and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders

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Orthopedist

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Physician who specializes in the diagnoses and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders

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Rheumatologist

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Physician who specializes in treating joint disease