Bones
The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee.
What is a Femur?
Located toward the front of the knee and controls forward movement and rotation of the tibia.
What is an ACL? (anterior cruciate ligament)
Replaces parts of injured or worn-out knee joints. The surgery can help ease pain and make the knee work better.
What is a Knee Replacement?
Responsible for the brunt of all arm rotation and allows a person to keep carried objects at a safer distance from the body.
What is a Deltoid?
The hip joint.
What is ball-and-socket joint?
The bone that connects the humerus bone of the arm to the collarbone
What is a Scapula?
It is located inside the knee and provides stability to the area
What is MCL? (medical cruciate ligament)
Surgical procedure to address hip pain. The surgery replaces parts of the hip joint with artificial implants
What is a Hip Replacement?
Starts at the base of your neck, goes across your shoulders and extends to the middle of your back. Helps you move your head, neck, arms, shoulders and torso. It also stabilizes your spine and helps with posture.
What is a Trapezius?
The elbow joint
What is hinge joint?
Bone structure that shields the organs of the chest, including the heart and the lungs, from damage.
What is Thoracic Cage or Rib Cage?
It connects the talus (a bone in the foot) to the fibula (the outer bone in the leg).
What is an Anterior talofibular ligament?
Repair damage to the ligament that connects your femur (thighbone) to your tibia (shinbone) and help to keep your knee joint in working order.
What is ACL Surgery?
Provides support to the arches of the foot
What is Fibularis Longus?
The joint between C1 and C2 vertebrae
What is the Pivot Joint?
The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
What is a Mandible?
It connects the fibula to your heel bone.
What is a Calcaneofibular ligament?
Addresses symptoms of compression in the median nerve of the hand, which can include numbness or tingling in the thumb, index and long finger, as well as pain and prickly discomfort, typically worse at night.
A vital role in posture and balance, working when we stand to prevent the body falling forwards at the ankle
What is a Soleus?
The joint between the radius and carpal bones of the wrist
What is the Condyloid Joint?
The large bone forming the heel. It articulates with the cuboid bone of the foot and the talus bone of the ankle, and the Achilles tendon is attached to it
What is a Calcaneus?
It runs along the inner side of the elbow.
What is Ulnar collateral ligaments?
Surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant health risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly
What is Bone Grafting?
Flexion of all the joints of the great toe
What is a Flexor Hallucis Longus?
The joint between the trapezium carpal bone and the 1st metacarpal bone
What is the Saddle Joint?