Leg Muscles/Bones
This describes the large socket in the pelvic bone for the head of the femur.
What is the Acetabulum
In anatomical position, the head is _________ in relation to the feet.
What is Superior
In a worksheet, these run down the screen vertically and are identified by a letter at the top of the grid
What is a Column?
Also known as the collar bone - this bone connects the scapula to the sternum.
What is The Clavicle
A word part that is a prefix meaning above or over
What is Supra-
This is the bone formed from five vertebrae fused together near the base of the spinal column. This bone links the two sides of the pelvis together
What is the Sacrum
In anatomical position and in reference to the arm, the wrist is considered ____________ to the elbow.
What is Distal
This is a cartilage ring or rim around the socket of ball-and-socket joints including the hip and the shoulder. It acts to deepen the contact surface of the socket.
What is a Labrum
This bone is the largest long bone of the arm and is the site of rotator cuff insertion as well as the deltoid and others.
What is The Humerus
A word part that is a suffix meaning "resembling an object"
What is "-oid"
This muscle is one of the four quad muscles, acting as a strong knee extensor with a lateral stabilizing effect on the knee.
What is the Vastus Lateralis
In anatomical position, ___________ would describe moving toward the midline of the body.
What is Adduction.
This term describes the typically movable attachment point of a muscle.
What is A Muscle Insertion
This structure acts as the divide for the posterior scapula into the supraspinatus fossa and the infraspinatus fossa.
What is The Scapular Spine
This word part is a root that means "shallow socket"
What is Glen-
This muscle is a strong extensor but the only of the 4 quad muscles that can also help flex the thigh.
What is the Rectus Femoris
This motion describes when one would flip the wrist/forearm from palm up to palm down.
What is Pronation
In the skeletal system, a _____________ can be described as a round or oval opening through a bone.
What is a Foramen.
These muscles retract the scapula but can rotate it in a way that turns the shoulder socket down. These muscles also connect the scapula to the thoracic wall.
What are Rhomboid Major and Minor.
A word part that is a prefix meaning within or inside
What is Intra -
This muscle is a strong lateral rotator of the hip when extended.
What is the Piriformis
_______ is the type of joint between bones that permits motion in only one plane such as with the knee or elbow joint.
What is A Hinge Joint
This term describes a gait pattern where the pelvis will drop on the side contralateral to the stance leg - indicates a weakness of the hip abductor muscles.
What is Trendelenburg Gait
This muscle is a strong protractor of the scapula, sliding the scapula anteriorly around the thoracic wall (rib cage)
What is The Serratus Anterior
This word part can be used to refer to the left side of the body.
What is Sinistro