Joint Type
The shoulder is this type of joint
What is ball and socket joint
What motion decreases the angle of a joint?
What is flexion?
A physical injury or wound that is produced from an external force?
What is trauma?
What plane divides the body into right and left halves?
What is the sagittal plane?
Shin splints is another term for?
What is a stress fracture?
Point where two or more bone connect that allow movement
What are synovial joints?
Which directional term refers to a body part that is situated closer to the point of attachment?
What is proximal?
What is another name for a bruise?
What is a contusion?
What plane divides the body into top and bottom halves?
What is the transverse plane?
This fracture has the highest risk of displacement
What is an oblique fracture?
This joint allows the neck to rotate and pivot
What is a pivot joint?
Which term means lying on your stomach facing downward?
What is prone?
Injury that develops slowly overtime, often from overuse and repetitive stress?
What is a chronic injury?
What plane of motion does abduction/adduction occur in?
What is the frontal plane?
Name this type of fracture
What is a transverse fracture?
This joint has limited mobility and can glide in multiple directions.
What are gliding joints?
Name the movement of a body region in a circular manner
What is circumduction?
Complete rupture of a muscle
What is a grade 3 strain?
Hinge joints allow for motion in which plane?
What is the sagittal plane?
Fracture type most common in children and adolescence
What is greenstick fracture?
This joint can be found at the wrist
What is condyloid/ellipsoid joint?
What is the name of the movement when you point your toes down and point your toes up?
What is plantarflexion and dorsiflexion?
Hypersensitive nodule within a taut band of skeletal muscle?
What are myofascial trigger points
What motion occurs in the transverse plane?
What is rotation?
This fracture occurs when the bone breaks into three or more fragments
What is a commuted fracture?