TEST PREP CRUNCH Flashcards
What is a notch?
Indentation at structures edge
What is a spine?
Sharp projection
What is a tubercle
Small rounded projection
What is a tuberosity
Large rounded projection
What is an epicondyle
Raised area above a condyle
Give one area where a epicondyle can be found
Femur
BLANK are fibrous bands that form between the surfaces where bones meet
Adhesions
A chronic dietary deficiency in the mineral BLANK contributes to the cause of osteoporosis.
Ca 2+
A deficiency in vitamin BLANK contributes to osteoporosis
D
In What age group and sex is osteoporosis most prevalent
Post-menopause women
Taking which drugs may cause osteoporosis
Laxatives
BLANK is a movement of a limb away from the midline of the body
Abduction
BLANK is a movement of a limb towards the midline of the body
Adduction
Give two characteristics of synovial joint
Articular cartilage
Articular capsule
An BLANK is a joint a place where two bones meet
Articulation
BLANKS joints are held together by a plate or pad of cartilage
Cartilaginous
Give an example of a condyloid joint
Metacarpophalangeal joint
BLANK is a movement of ankle in dorsal direction
Dorsifelxion
BLANK is a medial turning of the sole of the foot
Inversion
BLANK are joints where irregular edges of bones interlocks and are connected by short connective tissue fibers
Sutures
In BLANK joints the bones are connected by hyaline cartilage
Synchondroses
In BLANK joints the articulating bones are connected by short ligaments of dense connective tissue the bones do not interlock
Syndesmoses
Give one function of an articulation
Holds bones together
Give an example of short bones
Tarsals
Give one example of sesamoid bone
Patella
Give characteristics of sesmoid bones
Embedded in tendons
What covers the articular surfaces of long bones
Hyaline cartilage
Name three groups of Axial skeleton
Skull, vertebrae and thoracic cage
The delicate BLANK lines the inner shaft , also covering trabeculae of the spongy bone and lines the canals of the compact bone
Endosteum
The flexibility of bone comes from the BLANK of the matrix particularly the collagen fibers
Organic elements