A bone that develops in a tendon or ligament.
What is a sesamoid bone.
Another term that describes a joint or point of contact between 2 bones.
What is an articulation?
These muscles are some of the fastest contracting and most precisely controlled skeletal muscles in the body.
What are the extrinsic eye muscles?
This is the most superficial muscle of the back.
What is the trapezius?
A powerful abductor of the hip and common site for intramuscular injections is this muscle.
What is the gluteus medius?
The bones of the skull are divided into ________ bones and _________ bones.
What are cranial and facial bones.
This type of functional classification means the joint is immovable.
What is a synarthrosis?
This muscle is the deepest muscle of the lumbar region of the back.
What is the quadratus lumborum.
If you have ever been "handcuffed" by the PoPo, you had to contract these 2 muscles by extending and medially rotating your arms behind your back.
What are the latissimus dorsi and teres major.
The "filet" is this powerful hip flexor.
What is the psoas?
This "U" shaped bone does not articulate with any other bone.
What is the hyoid bone.
All symphyses occur in the ________ of the body.
What is the midline?
This muscle group is the chief extensor of the vertebral column.
What is the erector spinae or sacrospinalis?
The hinge joint of the upper extremity is this joint.
What is the elbow?
This is considered the longest muscle of the human body.
What is the sartorius?
A lateral bending of the vertebral column usually in the thoracic or lumbar region is called:
What is scoliosis.
This joint is the only freely movable joint between skull bones.
What is the temporomandibular joint or TMJ?
The 4 pairs of these muscles provide stability and control fine movements of the head and atlas.
What are the suboccipitals?
Lateral epicondylitis is also known as:
What is tennis elbow?
These 2 muscles have attachments to the IT band.
What are the gluteus maximus and TFL?
These bones are found within sutures of certain cranial bones.
What are sutural or wormian bones.
The largest and most complex joint in the human body is this joint.
What is the knee or tibiofemoral joint?
Elvis used this muscle extensively to raise his upper lip when he would say "Thank you very much".
What is the levator labii superioris?
This is the single most distinctive digital movement that give humans the ability to grasp and manipulate objects precisely.
What is opposition?
The Achilles tendon was named after Achilles. We wish his mother did not hold his tendon when she dipped him into the River Styx so he would have been invincible throughout his entire body and we would not have his disorder (Achilles' Tendonitis). What was Achilles' mother's name? (BONUS-double points)!!
Who is Thetis?