Types of Bones
Bones found in the wrists and ankles.
What are short bones?
A fracture in which the broken end of the bone protrudes through the skin.
What is a compound fracture?
Muscles that are constantly at work, even when you are sleeping.
What are involuntary muscles?
An area of discolored skin that appears after an injury.
What is a bruise?
Points at which bones meet.
What are joints?
Bones found in the skull, shoulder blades, and ribs.
What are flat bones?
A fracture in which the broken bone does not protrude through the skin.
What is a simple fracture?
What are smooth muscles?
This occurs when a muscle is stretched or partially torn as a result of overexertion.
What is muscle strain?
These joints allow limited rotation such as turning of the head
What are pivot joints?
Bones found in the vertebrae, face, and pelvis.
What are irregular bones?
A fracture that is incomplete; the two parts of bone have not separated.
What are hairline fractures?
Muscles attached to the bone and are responsible for body movements.
What are skeletal muscles?
This is an injury to a ligament in a joint. It requires medical treatment.
What is a sprain?
These joints are found in the wrists, they are oval shaped parts that fit into a curved space.
What are ellipsoidal joints?
One of the two main groups in skeletal system: Consists of the arms, legs, and hips
What is the appendicular group?
A fracture that is completely across the bone; it may have resulted from a hard blow.
What is a transverse fracture?
This muscle closes a joint.
What is a flexor muscle?
When an organ or tissue protrudes through an area of weak muscle.
What is a hernia?
Found in the elbows, knees, ankles, and fingers, these joints bend and straighten promoting rotation.
What are hinge joints?
What is the axial group?
A fracture in which the bone has shattered into two or more pieces
What is a communited fracture?
This muscle opens a joint.
What is an extensor muscle?
An inherited disorder where skeletal muscle fibers are progressively destroyed. There is no cure.
What is muscular dystrophy?
These joints are formed when the rounded head of one bone fits into the rounded cavity of an adjoining bone.
What are ball and socket joints?