Miscellaneous
The inner gelatinous portion of the intervertebral disc.
What is the nucleus pulposus?
The name given to the group of muscles responsible for back extension.
What are the erector spinae?
These paired facial bones contain our "tear ducts".
What are the lacrimal bones?
The movement where a bone pivots around it's own longitudinal axis.
What is rotation?
The landmarks (areas) on a typical vertebra where another vertebra will form an articulation (joint) above and below.
What are the superior and inferior articular facets?
The name for the mesenchymal filled spaces found between the cranial bones at birth.
What are fontanels?
The three types of muscle tissue.
What are cardiac, smooth, and skeletal?
This deep cranial bone forms a portion of the floor of the cranium and is said to be shaped like a bat or butterfly.
What is the sphenoid?
The movement that decreases the joint angle.
What is flexion?
The number of pairs of ribs that directly articulate with the sternum.
What are seven pairs (the true ribs)?
These structures function to lighten the weight of the skull, increase surface area of the nasal mucosa, and act as resonating chambers.
What are the paranasal sinuses of the maxilla, ethmoid, sphenoid, and frontal bones?
The muscle, when contracted singly, ipsilaterally flexes the neck and contralaterally rotates the neck.
What is the sternocleidomastoid?
The name given to the two specialized cervical veterbrae that form a pivot joint in the neck.
What are the atlas and axis?
The term used to describe closing the mouth or shrugging the shoulders.
What is elevation?
The immoveable joint that holds adult skull bones together.
What are sutures?
The term given to the spinal curvatures that develop when an infant lifts their neck and begins to walk, and the regions where these curves are located.
What are secondary curvatures in the cervical and lumbar regions.
The muscle which is the prime mover for inspiration.
What is the diaphragm?
The coccyx bone is comprised of this many fused vertebrae.
What is four?
The movement in the frontal plane back towards the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
The area on the scapula where the head of the humerus articulates.
What is the glenoid cavity (fossa)?
The name of the muscle that allows us to put our leg in the figure four position.
What is sartorius?
The muscles that depress the ribs to help with exhalation.
What are the internal intercostals?
The three bones that comprise the hip (innominate) bone.
What are the ischium, ilium and pubis?
The oppositional terms used to describe the inward and outward movement of the sole of the foot.
What are inversion and eversion?
The type of joint capable of circumduction, and one area in the body where this type of joint is found.
What is a ball and socket joint? What is the shoulder and hip?