Spine
The section of the spine has excessive curvature in lordosis?
What is the Lumbar
A fibrocartilage pad with a gelatinous center
What is an intervertebral disk?
Initial damage to a tendon or muscle
What is a strain?
The strongest type of bone, which forms trabeculae and is highly organized in sheets that surround blood vessels.
What is Lamellar bone?
A strong muscle contraction of muscles requires this
What is more muscle fibers in a muscle to contract
This is a large bone made of several vertebrae fused together into 1?
What is the sacrum?
A hole in the vertebra though which the spinal cord threads
What is the foramen?
Repeated damage from overuse may lead to this
What is tendonitis?
A typical long bone does not have this feature.
What is an outside coating of spongy bone
Processing by these 3 parts of the anatomy enables muscle contractions to be smooth and coordinated
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem
This has the largest diameter of spinal cord passing through it.
What is the cervical spine?
Part of the vertebra that bears weights
What is the vertebral body?
Initial damage to a ligament
What is a sprain?
Bone remodeling is a contest between --- and ----
What are osteocytes & osteoblasts
These 2 types of muscles must be exercised equally for physical conditioning
What are agonist and antagonistic muscles?
Connects to the coxal bones of the hips
What is the sacrum?
Part of the vertebra that is closest to the surface of the back
What is the vertebral arch?
A ligament that is greatly injured but still attached to each bone
What is a torn ligament?
Reducing a fracture
What is realigning the none fragments to their original orientation?
This is the optimum muscle length ( not a measurement - an action)
What is the amount of muscle contraction that gives the muscle the most strength
Connects to the ribs
What is the thoracic spine?
What is a spinal nerve?
An injury that may make the associated joint unstable, which means a bone that articulates in the joint.
What is dislocation?
Components of the RICE treatment
What is Rest of the injured structure, Ice applied to the injury, Compression in the form of wrapping, Elevation to raise the injury above heart level
The disuse of muscles causes ----
What is atrophy?