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Anatomical Terminology
Skeletons in the Closet
The Articular System
Muscles
Fire Up That Joint
100
This vertical plane passes from the ventral (front) to dorsal (rear) dividing the body into right and left halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
100
One of the other components of the skeletal system besides bone and periosteum
What is cartilage?
100
These anchor bone to bone
What are ligaments?
100
A flat and broad tendon
What is an aponeurosis?
100
This multi-joint structure provides a link between the thoracic cage and the upper extremity
What is shoulder complex?
200
The anatomical term denoting a farther distance away from any reference point.
What is distal?
200
The skull, hyoid bone, vertebral column, sternum and ribs
What is the axial skeleton?
200
The most common type of joint in the human body
What is a synovial joint?
200
This fan-shaped muscle contains fibers that radiate from a narrow attachment at one end to a broad attachment at the other
What is the pectoralis major?
200
Dumbbell rows work this muscle
What is latissimus dorsi? (also teres major, anterior deltoid, subscapularis, pectoralis major)
300
The theoretical point where the weight force of an object can be considered to act.
What is center of gravity?
300
Bones that are small and relatively thick
What are short bones?
300
This occupies the synovial joint cavity
What is synovial fluid?
300
A muscle that crosses more than one joint
What is biarticular?
300
This gluteal muscle is the primary agonist during walking
What is the gluteus minimus?
400
Extending the ankle so that the foot moves posteriorly in the sagittal plane
What is plantar flexion?
400
The leg bone that is located on the lateral side of the tibia
What is the fibula?
400
The articulating surfaces of bones in synovial joints are covered with this
What is hyaline cartilage?
400
These muscles provide a stable base of support for the upper extremity muscles during the throwing motion
What are the scapular muscles (rhomboids, serratus anterior, and trapezius
400
This is one of the rotator cuff muscles along with the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor
What is the subscapularis?
500
The distal segment of a joint deviates medially
What is varus?
500
The ends of the long bone
What is the epiphyses?
500
A type of joint that allows uniaxial movement seen in elbow extension and flexion
What is a hinge joint?
500
This is an example of a bipennate muscle in the upper leg
What is the rectus femoris?
500
This is the second-most injured joint from overuse or repetitive motion
What is the elbow joint?