Bone Type
What type of bone is the femur?
What is the shaft of a long bone called?
What is Diaphysis?
What is an air-filled cavity called?
What is sinus?
What type of joint is freely movable?
What is Diarthrosis?
A student is sitting in a chair and repeatedly straightening their knee while their foot is not touching the ground. Is this open or closed kinetic chain?
What is Open kinetic chain? (distal end of the limb is free)
What type of bone is the patella?
What is Sesamoid bone?
What is the hard, dense outer layer of bone called?
What is Compact bone?
What is a small, rounded bump on a bone called?
What is Tubercle?
What type of joint only allows movement along one axis?
What is Hinge joint?
A person starts a new weight-training program and consistently places greater loads on their bones. Over time, what would you expect to happen to their bones?
What is become stronger/denser? (the bones remodel in response to stress)
What type of bone are the carpals and tarsals?
What is Short bones?
What structure surrounds the outside of a long bone and contains blood vessels and nerves?
What is Periosteum?
What is a hole or opening in a bone called?
What is Foramen?
What is the difference between a synarthrosis and a diarthrosis?
Synarthrosis: little/no movement
Diarthrosis: freely movable
During a squat, the knee bends as you lower your body. What movement is occurring at the knee?
What is flexion?
What is an example of a flat bone AND an irregular bone?
Flat: sternum, ribs, scapula, skull bones
Irregular: vertebrae, sacrum
What is the space inside the diaphysis that contains yellow bone marrow?
What is Medullary Canal?
What is a shallow depression in a bone called?
What is Fossa?
What are the three arthrokinematic movements?
What is Roll, Glide/Slide, and Spin?
You are doing a squat. Your feet stay planted on the ground while your body moves. Is this an open or closed kinetic chain?
What is Closed kinetic chain? (both feet in contact with the ground)
What are the five categories of bone shape?
What is Long, Short, Flat, Irregular, and Sesamoid Bones?
What is the difference between the epiphysis, metaphysis, and diaphysis?
Epiphysis: end of a long bone
Metaphysis: area between epiphysis and diaphysis , epiphyseal plate/line is located
Diaphysis: shaft of a long bone
What is a large, rounded bump on a bone called?
What is Tuberosity?
A person cannot move their elbow very far because the bones physically meet and stop the movement. What type of end feel would you expect?
What is Hard end feel?
A convex surface is moving on a concave surface. If the bone rolls in one direction, which direction will it glide?
What is the opposite direction?