Pelvic Girdle Lower Limb

Question 1

Pelvic girdle

Answer 1

Transfer weight to the upper body and the legs

Question 2

Coxae

Answer 2

The hip bone

Question 3

Pelvis

Answer 3

Bony structure near the base of the spine where the legs and hind limbs are attached in humans.

Question 4

Ilium

Answer 4

Uppermost & largest region of the vocal bone.

Question 5

Ischium

Answer 5

Curved bone forming the base of each half of the pelvis

Question 6

Pubis

Answer 6

Pair of bones forming the two sides of the pelvis

Question 7

Femur

Answer 7

The biggest and strongest bone in the leg

Question 8

Patella

Answer 8

The knee cap

Question 9

Tibia

Answer 9

The inner and the larger of the two bones between the knee and ankle

Question 10

Fibula

Answer 10

The outer bone and the smaller of the two bones

Question 11

Tarsals

Answer 11

Bone of the tarsus

Question 12

Talus

Answer 12

The large bone in the ankle that articulates with the tibia

Question 13

Calcaneus

Answer 13

The heel bone

Question 14

Metatarsal Bones

Answer 14

Bones in the foot

Question 15

Phalanges

Answer 15

The finger and toe bone

Question 16

Joints

Answer 16

A point at which parts of an artificial structure are joined

Question 17

Fibrous joint

Answer 17

Connected to dense connective tissue

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Cartilaginous joint

Answer 18

Connected entirely by cartilage

Question 19

Synovial joints

Answer 19

Joins bones with a fibrous joint capsule.

Question 20

Menisci

Answer 20

A thin fibrous cartilage between the surface of some joints.

Question 21

Bursae

Answer 21

Fluid filled or saclike cavity.

Question 22

Ball and sack joint

Answer 22

A natural joint such as the hip joint in which partially spherical end lies in the socket.

Question 23

Condyloid joint

Answer 23

A ovoid articular surface, or condyle that is received into an elliptical cavity

Question 24

Gliding joint

Answer 24

Located in the wrist

Question 25

Hodge joint

Answer 25

The elbow joint

Question 26

Abduction

Answer 26

Describe action in the muscle

Question 27

Addiction

Answer 27

Movement of body parts towards the body’s midline

Question 28

Rotation

Answer 28

The whole bone pivots or rotates

Question 29

Circumduction

Answer 29

Movement such as a ball and sack joint or the eye

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Pronation

Answer 30

Rotation of hand or forearm

Question 31

Supination

Answer 31

Rotation of forearm so that the palm faces forward or upward

Question 32

Eversión

Answer 32

Movement that tilt the sole of the foot

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Inversión

Answer 33

The movement in the plantar surfaces of the foot rotates towards the midline

Question 34

Protraction

Answer 34

Movement of the body part in the anterior direction

Question 35

Elevation

Answer 35

Upward movement.

Question 36

Depression

Answer 36

Downward movement

Question 37

Hyperextension

Answer 37

Excessive joint movement

Question 38

Flexión

Answer 38

Straightening movement

Question 39

Plantarflexion

Answer 39

Movement of the foot

Question 40

Origin

Answer 40

The attachment site that doesn’t move during contraction