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Mrs. McD's Anatomy
Appendicular Skeleton
| term | description |
|---|---|
| diarthroses | freely moveable joint |
| synarthroses | immovable joint |
| amphiarthroses | partially moveable joint |
| articulation | joint |
| ligament | joins bone to bone |
| tendon | joins muscle to bone |
| flexion | bending a joint |
| extension | straighten a joint |
| supination | palm of hand turned upward |
| pronation | palm of hand turned downward |
| adduction | moving toward midline of body |
| abduction | moving away from midline of body |
| plantar flexion | point your toe or stand on tiptoe |
| dorsiflexion | top of the foot is elevated |
| rotation | movement around a longitudinal axis;pivot point |
| circumduction | moving a part so the distal end moves in a circle |
| gliding joint | gliding movement; between carpal bones |
| pivot joint | rotation, between atlas & axis |
| ball & socket joint | flex, extend, abduct, adduct, rotate & circumduction; shoulder |
| condyloid; ellipsoidal joint | flex, extend, abduct, adduct; between carpal & radius |
| hinge joint | flexion,extension; elbow |
| saddle joint | flex, extend, abduct, adduct, opposition to fingers; thumb carpal & 1st metacarpal |
| talus | tarsal bone; tibia sits on this |
| distal phalange | farthest phalange from point of attachment; tip of finger |
| medial phalange | missing in big toe and thumb |
| trapezium | carpal bone part of saddle joint |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| tibia | larger lower leg bone |
| ulna | forearm bone that hinges to make elbow joint |
| radius | forearm bone; rotates to supinate or pronate |
| tarsals | ankle bones |
| carpals | wrist bones |
| metatarsals | foot bones |
| metacarpals | hand bones |
| phalanges | bones of toes & fingers |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| fibula | long, thin lower leg bone |
| femur | upper leg bone |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| coxal bone | 2 of these in the pelvic girdle with the sacrum |
| ilium, ischium, & pubis | regions of the coxal bone |
| patella | knee cap |
| suture | fibrous joint, in skull |
| gomphoses | fibrous joint, between tooth & mandible or maxilla |
| syndesmoses | fibrous joint, between radius & ulna |
| synchondroses | cartilage joint, hyaline, sternum/clavicle |
| symphyses | cartilage joint, fibrocartilage, pubis symphesis |
| synovial joint | has fibrous, cartilage and synovial membrane tissue |
| uniaxial synovial joint | movement around 1 axis; hinge & pivot |
| biaxial synovial joint | movement around 2 axis in 2 perpendicular planes; saddle & condyloid |
| multiaxial synovial joint | movement around 3 axis; in 3 or more planes; ball & socket and gliding joints |
| compound fracture | open fracture |
| simple fracture | closed fracture |
| complete fracture | break across entire bone |
| incomplete fracture | partial break |
| callus | fibrocartilage tissue formed as a fracture heals |
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