Question | Answer |
What is Lordosis? | Abnormal increase in the foward curvature of the lumbar spine (AKA Swayback) |
What is Kyphosis? | Abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine. (AKA Hunchback or Humpback |
What is Scoliosis? | Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
What are the main parts of the axial skeleton? | 1.Skull 2.Sternum 3.(24)Ribs 4.(24)Vertebrae 5.Sacrum 6.Coccyx |
What are the main parts of the Appendicular Skeleton? | 1.(2)Clavicle 2.(2)Scapula 3.(2)Humerus 4.(2)Radius 5.(2)Ulna 6.(16)Carpals 7.(10)Metacarpals 8.(28)Phalanges 9.(2)Ilium 10.(2)Pubis 11.(2)Ischium 12.(2)Femur 13.(2)Patella 14.(2)Tibia 15.(2)Fibula 16.(14)Tarsals 15.(10)Metatarsals 16.(28)Phalanges |
What is the term for an irregular heartbeat? | Dyscardio |
What is a Closed Fracture? | No open skin wound (AKA a Simple Fracture) |
What is a Compound Fracture? | Skin has been broken through to the fracture (AKA a open fracture) |
What is a Complete Fracture? | Bone has been broken completely through |
What is a Comminuted Fracture? | Bone has been shattered, splintered, or crushed into many small pieces or fragments. |
What is a Greenstick Fracture? | An incomplete break where one side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent. |
How many cervical vertebrae are there? | 7 |
How many thoracic vertebrae are there? | 12 |
How many lumbar vertebrae are there? | 5 |
What is the most common type of joint in the body? | Synovial Joint |
What does an Artery do? | Carries blood and oxegen away from the heart |
What does a Vein do? | Carries blood back to the heart |
What is another name for the tricuspid valve? | Atrioventricular valve |
An Electrocardiogram is? | A record of the electrical current of the heart. |
An Electrocardiography is? | The process of recording the electrical activity of the heart. |
What is a Treadmill Test? | Patient works on a treadmill at increasing levels while bing measured |
What is another name for a Treadmill Test? | Stress Test |
Where does the left atrium get its blood from? | The Lungs |
What is systemic circulation? | Takes oxygenated blood away from heart to tissue and cells then back. |
What is pulmonary circulation? | Transports deoxygenated blood to lungs and back to heart |
Oxygen exchange happens in what type of vessels? | Capillaries |
The Two divisions of the human skeleton? | Axial and Appendicular |
Aneurysm | Weakness in the wall of an artery results in widening of the artery |
arrhythemia | irregularity in the heart beat |
arthralgia | pain in the joints |
arthritis | inflammation of a joint accompanied by pain |
arthrodesis | surgical fusion or stiffing of a joint to provide stability |
arthroscopy | examination of the interior of a joint |
auscultation | listening to the joints within the body |
Bradycardia | slow heart rate |
cardiomegaly | abnormally enlarged heart |
cardiomyopathy | term for a disease of the myocardium |
Fibrillation | abnormal quiving or contraction of heart fibers |
Fibromyalgia | wide spread aching and pain in the muscles and soft tissue |
myocardial infarction | a partial or complete closing of one or more of the coronary arteries |
necrosis | dead tissue |
orthopedist | someone who studies the muscularskeletal system |
Pericardium | outer sac around the heart |
podiatrist | someone who studies dissorders of the feet and lower legs |
pulse | expansion and contraction produced by blood moving through the arteries |
rickets | deficiency in calcium and vitamin D results in bone deformities |
tachycardia | rapid heartbeat |
Five functions of the skeletal system? | Supports the body, protects internal organs, helps musceles in movement, produces blood cells, stores minerals |
Membrane covering bones is called? | Periosteum |
A Colles' fracture occurs where? | In the wrist |
Another name for spongy bone is? | Cancellous bone |
Three types of muscles are? | Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac |
Long bones are? | Longer than they are wide |
Short bones are? | Roughly as long as they are wide |
Flat Bones are? | Usually plate-shaped |
Irregular bones are? | irregularly shaped |