Name the joint where the glenoid cavity and the humerus articulate
What is glenohumeral joint (shoulder)
100
List the bones that comprise the pectoral girdle.
What is clavicle and scapula
100
Simplest type of fracture, common in young children, where bone is partly bent but it never completely seperates.
What is greenstick
100
This synovial joint allows the greatest ROM. Allows movement in three directions (rotate; flex/extend; abduct/adduct)
What is ball-and-socket joint. Examples= shoulder and hip
100
How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?
What is 126
200
Increasing the angle between 2 adjoining bones more than 180 degrees is called what?
What is hyperextension
200
What is the longest bone of the body?
What is the Femur
200
When bone is splintered or broken in many pieces that can become imbedded in surrounding tissue
What is comminuted fracture
200
In this synovial joint one articulating surface is concave, the other is convex. An example is the joint at the base of the thumb.
What is saddle joint. Example=between wrist and metacarpal bone of the thumb
200
What is the name of the landmark in the shoulder that helps determine proper placement for IM injection in the arm?
What is acromian process
300
Which bones articulate at the coxal (hip) joint
What is femur and acetabulum
300
List the clinical function of the ilium that we discussed in class.
What is landmark for IM injections (iliac crest). It is also a common site for bone marrow aspiration
300
bone has been twisted apart
What is spiral fracture
300
This synovial joint allows movement in two directions (flex/extend and adduct/abduct). One articulating surface is oval shaped and the other articulating surface has an oval shaped depression. An example the knuckles.
What is condyloid joint.
Bonus question: which joint allows movement in one direction? Give an example...
300
Explain the difference between a compound fracture and a simple fracture. Which is most serious?
Compoud is open and more serious
Simple is closed
400
Decreasing the angle between 2 bones is called what?
What is flexion
400
This bone is distal to the tibia and proximal to the metatarsals
What are the tarsals
400
Fragments of bone are chipped free when an attached ligament or tendon is injured
What is avulsion
400
This synovial joint is where flat bone surfaces slide over one another with little change in the joint angle. An example is the ankle bones.
What is gliding joint.
400
List the three types of joint classifications.
What is Synarthrosis (immovable, ie sutures); amphiarthrosis (slightly moveable, ie ribs/sternum or symphysis pubis); diarthrosis (freely movable, hip and femur; knee; wrist; elbow)
500
Moving the bone toward the midline is called what?
Moving the bone away from the midline is called what?
What is adduction and abduction
500
Name the three bones that form the coxal bone.
What is ischium, ilium and pubis
500
the bone breaks with normal activity or minor force after being weakened by disease process
What is pathologic (spontaneous) fracture
500
Which synovial joint allows rotation around the length of the bone.
What is a pivot joint. Example= between C1 and C2; joint at proximal ends of radius and ulna.
500
What bone(s) form the medial malleoli? What bones form the lateral malleoli?
medial= inner ankle bone (tibia)
lateral= outer ankle (fibula)