Unit 1
An imaginary line around which a body part moves
What is an axis?
The classification of bones by shape of a vertebra
What is irregular?
The lateral projections on a vertebra
What is transverse process?
This term means closer to the top of a limb
What is proximal?
The saddle joint is this type of joint
What is biaxial?
Another name for the growth plate of a developing bone
What is epiphysial disc?
Number of tarsal bones in one foot
What is 7?
The distal, lateral bony landmark on the fibula
What is lateral malleolus?
This term means towards the head
What is superior?
The 3 fundamental types of joint movement are these
What is roll, glide, and spin?
The fontanel that is last to close
What is the anterior fontanel?
Law that states that calcium is placed in bone in response to stress
What is Wolff's law?
The boat shaped bone that supports the arch
What is navicular?
This plane divides the body down the midline and has a mediolateral axis
What is sagittal?
The glenohumeral joint allows movement in this number of planes
What is 3?
The secondary ossification center of endochondral ossification is located here
What is the epiphysis?
The piezoelectrical effect creates an electrical field that makes these stop functioning
What are osteoclasts?
The lateral most projection of the proximal femur
What is greater trochanter?
Movement in the frontal plane happens around this axis
What is anteroposterior?
Multiple points of a convex surface touching multiple points on a concave surface is know as this
What is roll?
Fontanel located between the occipital bone and two parietal bones
What is posterior fontanel?
The bicipital groove is a landmark of what bone?
What is the humerus?
The inferior part of the trochlear notch on the ulna
What is coronoid process?
These are the 3 cardinal planes
What is frontal, sagittal, and transverse?
This is another name for a gliding joint
What is nonaxial?