Anatomical Position
This portion of the body refers to the head, neck and chest.
What is superior?
When a child bends his arm to show off his muscles he is displaying what motion?
When you shake your head "no" what type joint is being moved?
What is the Pivot Joint?
What vitamin is responsible for helping to absorb calcium? We obtain a fair amount of this vitamin from the sun.
What is vitamin D?
A large multinucleated cell that breaks down bone.
What is an osteoclast?
The fingers are _____ to the elbow.
What is distal?
While laying in bed your palms are facing up. Another term for palms facing up is?
What is supination?
The elbow and knee can only move in one direction. What type of joint are these?
What are Hinge Joints?
If you have too much of this hormone you will be exceptionally tall.
What is Growth Hormone?
What disease process causes bones to be rubbery and is due to low calcium?
What is Rickets?
When you are talking about the front of the body.
Anterior / Ventral
A softball pitcher demonstrates what motion when pitching the ball.
What is circumduction?
The Carpometacarpal Joint is what type of joint?
What is a Saddle Joint?
What three organs are responsible for regulating Calcium in the blood?
Thyroid - Calcitonin
Parathyroid - PTH
Kidneys
Another name for cancellous bone.
What is spongy bone?
This plane separates the body from left and right.
A person fell and their upper leg was turned inward and their foot was turned outward. When explaining to the Dr. you would say the hip is turned ______ and there is _____ of the foot.
What is medially and Eversion?
Your elderly friend fell and broke her hip. What type of joint will they need to replace while performing surgery?
What is a ball and socket joint?
Your friend had a heart attack. They put the person on a calcium channel blocker medication. You know that Ca++ is responsible for the heart contraction. With this medication what do you think the Dr's are trying to help with?
What is decreased contraction of the injured heart muscle?
What are the 4 stages of bone repair?
What are hematoma, Callus forms, Callus ossifies, Cancellous bone is remodeled?
A doctor asks you to spread out your finges, stand on your heals and put your arm parallel to the ground. List the anatomical terms he would use.
What is abduction of the fingers, Dorsiflexion of the feet and extension of the arms?
A ballet dancer will stand / dance with her ankles demonstrating what movement?
What is plantarflexion?
Your friend fell off their horse. They broke the area that joins the 2 coxal bones. What is this area called?
What is the pubic Symphysis?
Which hormones will help ossification of the epiphyseal plates?
What are Estrogen and Testosterone?
A 10 year old boy falls and breaks his tibia. What proximal tibia. What is one thing we need to make sure didn't get damaged due to his age?
What is the epiphyseal plate?