Joints 1
This functional classification describes a joint with limited amount of motion
What is amphiarthrosis?
This is the device we use to measure range of motion.
What is a goniometer?
This type of muscle is responsible for involuntary movement of the organs.
The anatomical name for the wrist bones.
What are carpals?
This is the type of surgery an older adult might undergo if they have severe osteoarthritis and pain in a joint.
The 6 types of synovial joints are
what is plane, hinge, ball and socket, condyloid, saddle, pivot?
This motion occurs when someone rotates their arm away from their body.
What is external rotation?
The type of bone cell responsible for breaking down bone.
What are osteoclasts?
The anatomical name for the cheek bones.
What are the zygomatic bones?
What is -ology?
Flexion and extension occur in this plane
What is the sagittal plane?
This motion occurs when someone points their toes down towards the floor.
What is plantarflexion?
These three structures are part of the axial skeleton.
The anatomical name for the first cervical vertebra.
What is the atlas?
The prefix that means "bone."
What is osteo-?
This motion occurs at pivot joints in the transverse plane
What is rotation?
The axis and the atlas form this type of joint.
The patella is an example of this type of bone.
What is a sesamoid bone?
The anatomical name for the large opening in the vertebra, where the spinal cord passes through.
What is the vertebral foramen?
This is the name for either end of a long bone.
What is epiphysis?
This motion occurs at the wrist, when the wrist bends towards the pinky.
This condition happens when a bursa becomes inflamed and irritated.
This is the outer covering of a bone.
What is the periosteum?
The anatomical name for the posterior most projection on the vertebra, the part you can feel when you palpate your spine.
What is the spinous process?
The anatomical name for the jaw bone.
What is the mandible?