Definitions
The process of building bones also known as bone resorption
What is Ossification
Connects bone to bone.
What are ligaments
Generate heat, maintain posture, move the body.
What are functions of muscles
Contains 80 bones include cranium, ribcage and spinal column.
What is the axial skeleton
Irregular, short, long, flat
What are categories of bones.
In a long bone this section is at the two ends of the bone.
Connects muscle to bone
What are tendons
Serves as framework, works as levers to move body, protection, blood cell production, energy storage.
What are function of bones.
What is flexion
smooth, cardiac, skeletal
Knowing where your body part is in space even if someone moves it for you.
What is proprioception
Connects muscle to muscle
What is Fascia
Aging, Lifestyle choices, Strength training, Active Living, Nutrition, Rest and recovery, Stretching.
What are factors contributing to musculoskeletal health and wellness.
Hinge, saddle, ball and socket, condyloid, glide and pivot
What are types of synovial joints.
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, coccyx
What are the section of the vertebral column from head to tailbone.
Cells that degrade bone to initiate bone remodelling.
What are osteoclasts
The anatomical name for the collarbone
What is a clavicle
Location, Size, Shape, Direction/Alignment, Number of muscle heads, Action
What are ways muscles are named.
Moving you whole arm down towards your sides closer to the midline of your body.
What is adduction.
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial
What are types of joint structures. Immovable, Partially immoveable and freely moveable.
What are articular cartilage.
The anatomical name for the shoulder blade.
What is a scapula
Joint articulation, muscles/fat mass, body asymmetry, injury/disease, Tissue Extensibility
The muscle that is the prime mover and directly contracts in a movement.
What is agonist.
Small and lighter, Wider hips, wider pubic arch, shorter sacrum and ilium.
What are differences of the female pelvis compared to male pelvis.