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All about bones and muscles
Question | Answer |
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Some of the muscle fibers (or ligaments) tear or overstretch | Microtear |
All of the muscle fibers (or tendons, ligaments) usually requiring surgery to reattach | Complete tear |
This reduces the swelling in a strained or torn muscle | Ice |
This keeps the muscle warm and prevents it from overstretching | Compression |
When a bone breaks through the skin | Compound Fracture |
A crack across a bone that does not protrude from the skin or peel change the alignment of a bone | Simple Fracture |
When a bone partially breaks and peels at the edge | Greenstick Fracture |
This joint allows you to twist 180 degrees (neck, wrist, foot) | Pivot Joint |
This joint doesn’t move (skull) | Fixed Joint |
This joint allows you to move 360 degrees (shoulder and leg) | Ball and Socket |
This joint allows you to move 90 degrees (elbow and knee) | Hinge |
This tendon connects the heel bone (calceneus) to gastrocnomes | Achilles Tendon |
This tendon connects the knee bone (patella) to lower leg muscles and is often injured in athletes making quick cuts | Patellar Tendon |
This ligament connects the femur to the tibia | Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
Arm curls is a focused workout for this muscle | Biceps |
Twists are a focused workout for this muscle | External Obliques |
Sit-ups are a focused workout for these muscles | Rectus Abdominus |
Leg extensions are a focused workout for this muscle | Quadriceps |
Shoulder shrugs are a focused workout for this muscle | Trapezius |
Leg curls are a focused workout for this muscle | Hamstrings |
Squats are a focused workout for this muscle | Gluteus Maximus |
This type of muscle is found your digestive system | Smooth Muscle |
This type of muscle allows us to lift things and throw things | Skeletol Muscle (Striated Muscle) |
This type of muscle helps to pump blood through the body | Heart Muscle |
These bones protect the heart and lungs | ribs |
This is the longest bone in the body | femur |
These bones are just below the radius and ulna in the hand | carpals |
This bone, located in the arm is sometimes a little funny | humerus |
These bones protect the spinal cord | vertebrae |
The larger of the lower leg bones, below the femur | tibia |
This bone connects to the thumb side of your lower arm | radius |
This bone connects to the pinky side of your lower arm | ulna |
Your humerus connects to this bone via a ball and socket joint | scapula |
To get to your heart, surgeons must cut through this bone in your chest | sternum |
Your jaw bone is called | mandible |
Your femur connects to this bone with a ball and socket joint | pelvis |