Joints
Where are joints located?
Where the bones come together
What is the tissue that connects muscle to bone called?
Tendon
What is the scientific name for your fingers?
Phalanges
How many bones does the average body have?
206
What is the longest bone in your body?
Femur
What is a gliding joint?
A joint where two bones slide over one another
What is the name of the condition where the tendon is inflamed or irritated?
Tendinitis
What bone makes up your thigh?
Femur
What are the minerals stored in the bones?
Calcium & phosphorus
What is atrophy?
Muscles cannot contract due to injury or little use
Which joint allows extension forward or backward movement along one axis?
Hinge joint
What tendon connects the calf muscle to the heel bone?
Achilles tendon
The vertebrae is classified as a what type of bone? (shape)
Irregular
What is the proper name for the jaw?
Mandible
What is condition in which bones become weak and break easily?
Osteoporosis
The joints between the carpal bones are...?
Synovial
What is the major tendon of the knee?
Patella tendon
What are the small bones that make up the wrist area called?
Carpals
In the lower leg, which bone is the larger of the two main bones?
Tibia
The acromion process is found on what bone?
Scapula
The sutures between the bones are what type of joints?
Fibrous
What is the name of the painful condition that occurs when tendons in your elbow are overloaded, usually by repetitive motions?
Tennis Elbow
What is the only bone not directly located to another bone (acts as an anchor site for the tongue)
Hyoid bone
What is the large, triangular bone that begins below the lumbar vertebrae and wedges between the posterior of the pelvis is called the?
Sacrum
What is ossification?
The process of cartilage cells being replaced by bone cells and minerals