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Skeletal System Flashcards

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Cartilage made up of…

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Connective tissue
Extracellular substance > cells
Gel like substance
Flexible ‘hard plastic’ consistency

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Cartilage Function

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Sustains weight put through bone
Absorbs shock and stress
Form and support
Growth of bone

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Cartilage is

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Avascular (lack of blood vessels)
Receives nutrition via diffusion

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Hyaline Cartilage
**most common

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Line articular surfaces
Connect rib to sternum
Tip of nose
Rings of trachea and bronchii

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Elastic Cartilage
modification of hyaline cartilage, more pliable than HC, more resilient

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External ear
Epiglottis (back of throat under 👅)
Eustachian tubes (middle ear to back of nose)

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Triangular fibrocartilage complex

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Wrist/ulna tear

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Arth/o scopy

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Visual examination of the joints

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Fibrocartilage

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Strong and rigid

Functions:
Forms intervertebral discs, pubic symphysis, some large tendons to bone

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9
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Osteoporosis

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Bone destruction (by osteoclasts)
Result = loss of calcified tissue
Fracture or fall

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Osteoarthritis
aka degenerative joint disease

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Most common
Localized
Non-inflammatory
Affects big joints (hips, knees) and fingers and neck

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Heberdon’s Nodes

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Osteoarthritis
DIP joints
Limit motion

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Bouchard’s Nodes

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Osteoarthritis
PIP joints
Painful, limit motion

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13
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NSAIDs 💊

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
(Aspirin, ibuprofen)

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P.O

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Taken by mouth 👄 💊

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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Chronic (flares up and then diminishes)
Systemic, whole body, esp. synovial lining of joints
Autoimmune disorder, body attacks itself

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Rheumatoid arthritis
disease process

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Inflammatory
Swelling of synovial lining

17
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Pannus
(deals with Rheumatoid arthritis)

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Inflamed cells produce enzymes (functional proteins) that digest cartilage and bone.
Dissolve bone

18
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Sjogren’s Syndrome
(Rheumatoid arthritis)

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Collection of symptoms
Mucus membranes dry out, skin stiffens

19
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

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More severe than RA
Rash, high fever, swelling of liver and spleen
Can stunt epiphyseal cartilage growth/ long bones

20
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Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Males 20-40
Inflammatory, systemic

Ossification (calcified and hardened) of disks, joints, ligaments of spinal column

Stiffness, fusion of spine, pelvis and lower spine

Chronic pain at rest, sometimes relieved with movement

21
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Gout

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Crystal build up in joints
Painful, swollen joints
Tx: meds, diet, low impact exercise (swimming)

22
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goniometer

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Instrument that measures angel motion at a joint

23
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Articulation function

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Point of contact between bones
Amount of movement varies

24
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Gliding joints

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Ankles (tarsals)
wrist (carpals)
spine (vertebrae)

25
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Fibrous (synarthroses) joints
Mostly immovable

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Syndesmoses (between radius/ulna)
Sutures (skull joint)
Gomphoses (gum 🦷)

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Cartilaginous (Amphiarthroses) joints
Slightly moveable

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1) Synchondroses
ribs to sternum
Epiphyseal plate (hyaline cartilage)
2) Symphyses
Pubic bone
Vertebral disk

27
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Synovial (Diarthroses) joints
Freely move

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Most numerous
Most complex
Most common joint in appendicular skeleton

28
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Uniaxial Joints

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Hinge and pivot

29
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Hinge joint

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Humerus
Elbow
Knee

30
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Pivot joint

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Vertebra
Neck
Twisting wrist, ankle

31
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Biaxial joints

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Saddle and condyloid joint

32
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Saddle joint

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Thumb 👍🏽
Metacarpal / carpal

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Condyloid joints
Ellipsoidal

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Radius and carpal bones

34
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Multiaxial joints

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Ball and socket joint
Gliding joint

35
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Ball and socket joints

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Shoulder joint
Hip

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