directional terms
The knee is _____ to the ankle
bonus: _____ means lying farther away from the midline
proximal
bonus: medial
where is the spleen
upper left
what are the degrees of strains
what are short bones, give an example
smaller wider bones, carpals
the skull and the ribs and spine are our ____ skeleton
axial
the spine is _____ to the shoulders
a) medial
b) proximal
c)inferior
d) superior
a) medial
where are the kidneys
bonus: the ears are ___ to the nose
lower back region
the ears are lateral to the nose
the overstretching or tearing of a muscle is called a
strain
what are long bones, give examples
femur, tibia, longer than they are wide
what is the one physiological function of muscles
contract
what plane cuts the body into front and back sections
frontal/ coronal
a decrease in muscle size from not using them is called
atrophy
what type of fracture crushes the bone and breaks it into 3 or more fragments
comminuted
what are sesamoid bones, give an example
patella
ligaments connect ___ to ___
tendons connect ___ to ___-
ligaments : bone to bone
tendons: muscle to bone
what plane cuts the body into right and left
midsagital
describe the steps of splinting an injury
1. check pulse
2. make patient comfortable
3. apply splint
4. check pulse again
a fracture where a ligament or tendon pulls off a piece of bone
avulsion
what types of bones are the vertebrae and facial bones
irregular
which part of the nervous system makes up the brain and spinal cord
central
what does the horizontal plane divide the body into
inferior and superior
skeletal- vol
smooth - invol
cardiac - invol
a fracture when the bone breaks length wise is called a ____ while a fracture that breaks the bone in a s shape is called
longitudinal, spiral
what types of bones are the scapula and skull
flat
what is it called when a bone grows inside the muscle
myositis ossificans