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Humans need the musculoskeletal system because
1.) For support; to stand erect
2.) For movement
3.) To encase and Protect
4.) Produce the RBC's
5.) Reservoir for storage of essential (ex. CA & phosphorus)
Name the 2 types of joints
Synovial and Nonsynovial
Define Nonsynovial joints
The bones are united by fibrous tissue or cartilage and are immovable (skull sutures)or only slightly movable (vertebrae)
Define Synovial joints
Synovial joints are fewwly movalbe because they have bones that are separated from each other and are enclosed in a joing cavity
Describe the joint cavity in a synovial joint. (PART A)
This cavity is filled with a lubricant, or synovial fluid, just like grease on gears, synovial fluid allows sliding of opposing surfaces, and this sliding permits movement. (PART A)
Describe a synovial joint (PART B)
In synovial joints, a layer of resilient cartilage covers the surface of opposing bones, the joint is surrounded by a fibrous capsule and is supported by ligaments
Define cartilage
Is avascular; it recieves nourishment from the synovial fluid that circulates during joing movement. It is very stable connective tissue with a slow cell turnover. It has tough, firm consistency, yet is flexible. This cartliage cushions the bones and gives a smooth surface to facilitate movement.s
Define Ligament
are fibrous bands running directly from on bone to another that strengthen the join and help preven movement in an undesirable direction.
Muscles account for _________ to _________ of the body's weight.
40 to 50%
Define Flexion
Bending a limb at a joint
Opposite=Extension
Define Extension
Straigntening a limb at a joint
Opposite=Flexion
Define Abduction
Moving a limb away from the midline of the body
Opposite=Adduction
Define Adduction
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body
Opposite=Abduction
Define Pronation
Turning the forearm so that the palm is down
Opposite=Supination
Define Supination
Turning the forearm so that the palm is upwards
Opposite=Pronation
Define Circumduction
Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
Define Inversion
Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle
Opposite=Eversion
Define Eversion
Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
Opposite=Inversion
Define Rotation
Moving the head around a central axis
Define Protraction
Moving the body part forward and parallel to the ground
Opposite=Retraction
Define Retraction
Moving the body part backward and parallel to the ground
Opposite=Protraction
Define Elevation
Raising a body part
Opposite=Depression
Define Depression
Lowering a body part
Opposite=Elevation
Define TMJ
Temporomadibular joint is the articualtion of the mandible and the temporal bone.
Name the 3 motions of the TMJ
1.) Hinge
2.) Gliding of Protrusion and Retraction
3.) Gliding of side to side
The spine is composed of _______ number of vertebrae
33
How many cervical vertebrae?
7
How many thoracic vertebrae?
12
How many lumbar vertebrae?
5
How many sacral vertebrae?
5
How many coccygeal vertebrae?
3 to 4
What are intervertebral discs?
are elastic fibrocartilaginous plates that constitue 1/4th of the length of the column.
The ____________ joint is the articulation of the humerous with the glenoid fossa of the scapula
Glenohumeral
What cultural differences are found in the frontal bone?
Thicker in black\ males than in white males
What cultural differences are found in the parietal occiput?
Thicker in white males that in black males
Define Ankylosis
immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery; most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthiritis.
Define Ataxia
inability to perform coordinated movements
Define Bursa
inclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction.
Define Ataxia
inablility to perform coordinated movements
Define crepitation
dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone.
Define Duputren's contracture
Flexion contractures of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia
Define Ganglion cyst
round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on the dorsum of the wrist
Define Hallux Valgus
lateral or outward deviation of the great toe
Define kyphosis
outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine, hunchback
Define ligament
fibrous bands running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthen the joint
Define nucleus poposus
center of intervetebral discs
Define Olecranon process
bony progection of the ulna at the elbow
Define Patella
kneecap
Define plantar
surface of the foot
Define rheumatoid arthritis
chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue.
Define sciatica
nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
Define scoliosis
s-shapped curvature of the thoracic spine
Define talipes equinovarus
clubfoot, congenital deformith of the foot in chich it is plantar flexed and inverted
Define Torticollis
wryneck, contraction the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck.
Define genus valum
knock knees
Genus valum
Knees toGether
G=G
Define Genu Varum
bowlegged
genus vaRum
Knee apaRt
R=R
Firm non-tender nodules @ the olecranon bursa is S&S of
rheumatoid arthritis
Name the most distal joint of the finger
Interphalangeal
Name the most proximal joint of the finger
Metacarpophalangeal
S&S of rotator cuff lesions
pain with muscle spasm during abduction, whereas flexion stays fairly normal
Define Ortolani's sign
a maneuver designed to diagnos congenital hip dislocation
Positive Ortolani's sign
Hip instability feels like a clunk as the had of the remur pops back into place
Negative Ortolan's sign
Normally when the knees are moved apart and down, there is a smooth feel with no sound.
Define Allis' sign
an assessment technique to diagnos congenital hip displacement
Positive Allis' sign
One knee is significantly lower than the other
What is the bulge sign in reference to the knee
the bulge sing occurs with very small amounts of effusion, 4 to 8 ml from fluid flowing across the joint.
What is ballotment of the patella?
This test is reliable when larger amounts of fluid are present. If there is fluid in the knee you willhear a tap as the patella bumps up on the femoral condyles.
The musculoskeletal exam should proceed in what direction?
head to toe
proximal to distal