Year 1 - Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
What is the spinal column?
A series of small bones, called vertebrae, forming a flexible and supportive structure down the back
What is found between vertebrae and what is its function?
Cartilage and to cushion them during locomotion
What is a joint?
A connection made between bones in the body
What is a fibrous joint?
Immovable joint held together by tough, fibrous connective tissue.
What is an example of fibrous joints?
Held together bones of the skull
What does immoveable means?
It cannot move
What is a cartilaginous joints?
Slightly moveable joint where bones are held together only by tough, smooth and elastic, tissue called cartilage
What is an example of a cartilaginous joint?
Intervertebral discs holding vertebrae together
What is a synovial joint?
A fully moveable joint in which a fluid-filled joint cavity is present between the two bones
What is an example of a synovial joint?
Knee
What is a ligament?
Tissue that connects bone to bone
What is a tendon
Tissue that connects muscle to bone
What is a synovial membrane?
Lines the cavity of a synovial joint and secretes synovial fluid
Whats is synovial fluid?
Joint-lubricating fluid secreted but he synovial membrane
What is the purpose of cartilage in a synovial joint?
Reduces friction between bones and absorbs shock
