Principles Anatomy Flashcards
What is the skill divided into?
Neurocranium
Viscerocranium
What is a Le Fort I?
Floating palate
What is a Le Fort II?
Floating maxilla
What is a Le Fort III?
Floating face
What is a facet joint?
Between the articular processes of 2 adjacent vertebrae
What is the odontoid process?
Superior projection of C2 vertebrae
What is usually the first palpable vertebrae?
C7
What are the 4 basic tissue types?
Muscle
Epithelia
Nerves
Connective tissue
What are the different kinds of joints?
Fibrous
Cartilagenous
Synovial
What are fontanelles?
Wide sutures in the neonatal skull
What is the outer fibrous ring of a vertebral disc called?
Annulus Fibrosis
What is the inner soft spot of a vertebral disc called?
Nucleus pulposus
What is a synovial joint?
2 or more bones articulating with one another
What are the 5 subtypes of synovial joints?
Pivot Ball and socket Plane Hinge Biaxial (Saddle and condyloid)
What is subluxation?
Partial dislocation- reduced area of contact between article surfaces.
What is dislocation?
Complete loss of contact between articular surfaces.
What are the 3 types of muscle?
Cardiac
Smooth
Skeletal
What is muscle striations?
Overlapping actin and myosin
What is muscular atrophy?
Wasting of muscles
What is muscle hypertrophy?
Enlargement of skeletal muscle?
