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Skeletal tissues, bones, bone markings, joints

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Condyle   Rounded bump; usually fits into a fossa on another bone forming a joint  
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Crest   Moderately raised ridge  
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joint   junction between two or more bones; articulation  
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List three primary joint classifications   Fibrous, Cartilaginous, synovial  
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Sutures   immovable joints between skull bones  
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Manubrium   flaring upper part of sternum  
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Sacrum   5 fused vertebrae above coccyx  
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Costal Cartilage   attaches ribs to sternum  
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Olecranon Process   Elbow  
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Scapula   shoulder blades  
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Clavicle   collar bone  
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Humerus   long bone of upper arm  
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radius   bone of thumb side of forearm  
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ulna   bone of little finger side of forearm  
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carpals   wrist bones  
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metacarpals   long bones forming framework of palm of hand  
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Phalanges   finger bones  
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Body of vertebrae   main part; flat round mass; weight bearing part of vertebra  
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Condyles of femur   large rounded bulges at distal (bottom) end of femur; one medial (towards middle of body) and one lateral  
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Iliac crest   upper curving boundry of ilium/hip  
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Superior ramus of pubis   curved portion below hip socket and above orburator foramen  
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acetabulum   hip socket  
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greater trochanter of femur   large bump for muscle attatchment inferior and lateral from head  
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Lesser trochanter of femur   bump for muscle attatchment located inferiorly (down) and medially (towards middle of body) to greater tronchanter  
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xiphoid process   lower tip of sternum  
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Pubis   connects the two sides of the hips  
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sesamoid bones   small flat round bones found in tendons in which high pressure develops  
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atlas   C1 verterbra, first cervical vertebrae  
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axis   C2, second cervial vertebrae  
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troclea   projection with deep depression through the center similar to shape of pulley ( on bottom end of humerus and rests on ulna)  
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capitulum   radial head of humerus; rounded nob below lateral epicondyle ( lower end of humerus across form troclea and rests on radius)  
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Fibrous Joints   Syndesmoses, Sutures, Gomphoses  
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Gomphoses   Fibrous connective tissue connects roots of teeth to alveolar process  
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Cartilaginous joints   Synchondroses, Symphyses  
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Synchondroses   hyaline cartilage connects articulating bones like the coastal cartialge or epiphyseal plate  
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Symphyses   Fibrocartilage between articulating bones like the symphysis pubis ot joints between bodies of vertebrae  
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Classification of Synovial Joints   Uniaxial, Biaxial, Multiaxial  
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Uniaxial joints   around one axis in one plane  
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Types of uniaxial joints   Hinge, Pivot  
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Biaxial Joint   Around two axis perpendicular to each other  
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Types of Biaxial Joint   Saddle, Condyloid  
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Multiaxial Joint   around many axes  
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Examples of multiaxial joint   ball and socket, gliding  
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Hinge Joint   Spool shaped process fits into concave socket Ex. elbow joint  
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Pivot Joint   arch-shaped process fits around peglike process Ex. joint between first and second cervical vertebrae  
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Saddle Joint   saddle shaped bone fits into socket that is concave-covex-concave Ex. thumb joint between first metacarpsal and carpal bone  
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Condyloid joint   Oval condyle fits into eliptical socket Ex. joint between radius and carpal bones  
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Ball and Socket joint   ball shaped process fits into concave socket Ex. shoulder joint and hip  
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Gliding joint   relativly flat articulating surfaces Ex. joints between articulating facets of adjacent vertebrae, joint between carpal and tarsal bones  
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Supination   circular movement; movement turns hand palm side up (Like Soup-a nate How you would hold a bowl of soup in your palm)  
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Pronation   falls under circular movement; turns the palm of the hand down  
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Abduction   Angular movement; moves a part away from the median plane of the body  
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Adduction   Angular movement; moves a part towards the median plane  
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Rotation   circular movement; bone pivoting on its axis Ex. moving head in "no" motion  
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Circumduction   circular movement; moves a part so that its distal end moves in a circle Ex. pitcher wind up to throw a ball  
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Types of synovial joint movement   angular, circular, gliding, special  
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flexion   angular movment; decreases angle between bones Ex. bend head forward toward chest  
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Extension   angular movement; increase angle between bones Ex. stretching movements  
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Hyperextension   angular movement; stretching part beyond its anatomicla position  
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Plantar flexion   angular movement; occurs when foot is stretched down and back  
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Dorsiflexion   Angular movement; occurs when foot is tilted upwards  
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Inversion   special movement; turns the sole of the foot inward  
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eversion   special movement; turns sole of foot outward  
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Protraction   special movement; moves a part foward Ex. sticking out jaw  
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Retraction   special movement; moves part back Ex. pulling jaw back  
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Elevation   special movement; moves part up Ex. Closing mouth  
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Depression   special movement; lowers a part  
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Primary Ossification Center   where a blood vessel enters the cartilage of a developing bone at the midpoint of the diaphysis to initiate bone formation  
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Secondary ossification center   growth center located in the epiphyses of long bones  
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Carpal bones   Pisiform, triquetrum, lunate, scaphoid, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, trapezium  
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Bone fracture and repair   fracture-formation of hematoma-formation of callus-callus replaced with bone tissue  
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Types of Cartilage   Hyaline, Elastic, Fibrocartilage  
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Most common type of cartilage   Hyaline  
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Intermembranous ossification   process by which flat bones are formed within connective tissue  
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endochondral ossification   process by which bones are formed by replacement of cartilage models  
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