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Skeletal system

Framework, support, protection

Long bones

Have greater length than width.

Femur

Thigh bone

Longest and strongest

Tibia

Medial leg bone

Shin bone

Fibula

Lateral leg bone

Metatarsals

Foot bones

Phalanges

Finger and toe bones

Humerous

Arm bone

Radius

Lateral forearm bone

Ulna

Medial forearm bone

Metacarpals

Hand bones

Clavicle

Collar bone

Short bones

Nearly equal length and width

Carpal

Wrist bones

Tarsal

Ankle bones

Flat bones

Two nearly parallel plates of bone

Cranial

Skull bones

Sternum

Breast bone

Scapula

Shoulder blade

Coxal

Hip bone

Irregular bones

Have complex shapes

Vertebrae

Back bones

Sesamoid bones

Small bones embedded in tendons

Patella

Knee cap

Physis

Growth plates

Epiphysis

End of the bone

Diaphysis

Shaft of the bone

Articulation

Joint

Articulate

To form a joint

Articular

Found at a joint

Articular cartilage

Hyaline cartilage that covers the end of the bone

Periosteum

Fibrous membrane that covers the shaft of the bone

Compact bone tissue

Forms the hard bone found in the shafts

Cortex

Outer covering

Medulla

Deeper portion

Spongy bone tissue

Irregularly shaped spaces

Medulla cavity

Hollow chamber in the shaft filled with red bone marrow

Marrow

Connective tissue that fills space in spongey bone tissue

Red bone marrow

Produces red and white blood cells

Yellow bone marrow

Inactive blood-producing cells filling with fatty material

Osteoblasts

Cells that build bone tissue

Osteoclasts

Cells the break down and reabsorb bone tissue

Cranium

Frontal, parietal, occipital,temporal,sphenoid, ethmoid

Forms a protective structure for the brain (skull)

Face

Maxilla, Palatine, zygomatic, lacrimal, nasal, vomer, interior nasal concha, mandible

Forms the eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and jaw

Inner ear bones

Mallets, incus, stapes

Forms the internal structure of the ears

Malleus

Hammer

Incus

Anvil

Stapes

Stirrup

Cochlea

Transmits sound waves into electrical impulses to the brain, producing sound

Hyoid

Doesn't articulate with any other bone in the body

Vertebrae

26

Cervical vertebrae

7 vertebrae of the neck

Thoracic vertebrae

12 vertebrae of the back

Lumbar vertebrae

5 vertebrae of the lower back

Sacrum

Butt bone

Coccyx

Tail bone

C1

Atlas

C2

Axis

Atlantoaxial joint

C1 and C2

Pivot joint

Ribs

24

Carpals

16

Wrist bones

Metacarpals

10

Hand bones

Phalanxes

28

Fingers

Tarsals

14

Ankle bones

Metatarsals

10

Foot bones

Phalanxes

28

Toe bones

Synarthrosis

Immovable joint

Skull

Ampiarthrosis

Slightly moveable joint

Sacroiliac

Diarthosis

Freely moveable joint

Hip, shoulder

Diathrotic joints

Pivot joint, hinge, ball and socket, gliding, saddle

Pivot joint

Allows for rotation

Atlantoaxial joint, proximal radioulnar joint

Hinge

Allows for flexing and extension

Elbow, knees, fingers and toes

Ball and socket

Allows for the greatest range of movement

Hips and shoulders

Gliding

Small flat surfaces that slip and slide

Spine, wrist and ankles, hands and feet

Saddle

Have concave articular surfaces

Base of the thumb and sternoclavicular joint

Flexion

Decrease in the angle

Extension

Increase in the angle

Hyperextension

Continuation of extension

Abduction

Away from midline

Adduction

Toward the midline

Internal rotation

Around axis toward the midline

Medial rotation

External rotation

Around axis away from midline

Lateral rotation

Circumduction

Circle

Protraction

Movement forwards

Retration

Movement backwards

Plantarflexion

Foot down

Dorsiflexion

Foot up

Pronation

Forearm turns posteriorly and inferiorly

Supination

Forearm turns anteriorly and superiorly

Inversion

Sole of the Foot inward

Eversion

Sole of the Foot outward

Fracture

Break or rupture in a bone

Simple fracture

Clean break through the entire bone

Closed fracture

compound fracture

Distorted break, with splintering and fragmentation, pokes through skin, most dangerous

Open fracture

Greenstick fracture

Incomplete break, No clear division

Comminuted fracture

Multiple fragments with clear separation

Spiral fracture

Corkscrew fracture line

Dislocation

When a bone is displaced within a joint

Reduction

Re-aligning of the bones

Sprain

Over stretching of a ligament

Class 1 sprain

Minimal loss of function

Class 2 sprain

Ligament is torn with some loss of function

Class 3 sprain

Most severe, internal bleeding and severe loss of function

Bursitis

Inflammation of a bursa

Bursa

Small connective tissue sac with an inner lining of synovial membrane

Arthritis

Inflammation of a joint

Sarco

Skeletal muscle cell

Myofibril

Long strands of cable-like protein

Pulling proteins

Acting and myosin

Make up the myofibrils

Sarcomere

Actin and myosin unit

Transverse tubules

Transmits impulses through the cell

Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Releases calcium ions

Neuromuscular/myoneural junction

Where the muscle cell and nerve fiber meet.

Motor unit

A motor nerve and all the muscle cells that it controls

Neurotransmitter

Bridges the gap between the nerve end and muscle cell

Acetylcholine

Creates an impulse that immediately travels throughout the muscle cell

Adenosine triphosphate

Energy molecule

ATP

Aerobic cellular respiration

Takes place in the cells' mitochondria and is responsible for the majority of the sustained energy supply for the constant replenishing of ATP

Anaerobic cellular respiration

Glucose is broken down to make some ATP and produces pyruvic acid.

Oxygen debt

When the body uses more oxygen than normal

Muscle fatigue

When the muscles quit responding because the oxygen debt becomes extreme

Irritability

Ability to react to a stimulus

Excitability

Contractility

Ability to shorten

Contract

Extensibility

Ability to stretch

Elasticity

Abort to return to It's original shape

Spasm

Sudden involuntary muscle contraction

Strains

Over stretching of a muscle or tendon

Grade 1 strain

Some pain, No loss of function

Grade 2 strain

Considerable pain, some loss of function

Grade 3 strain

Most severe, total or near total loss of function

Hypertrophy

Increase in the size of the muscle

Atrophy

Decrease in the size of the muscle

Fibrosis

Formation of fibrous tissue (scar tissue) within normal tissue

Myofibrosis

Formation of fibrous tissue within the muscle tissue

Fibrositis / Myofibrositis

Inflammatory conditions of fibrous tissues

Muscular dystrophy

Genetic disorder that causes a progressive degeneration of voluntary muscles

Isometric

No movement but the muscle is contracting

Isotonic

Muscle is contracting and there is movement

Concentric isotonic contraction

The muscle gets shorter

Eccentric isotonic contraction

The muscle gets longer

Muscle tone

When a muscle is firm even at rest

Origin

The stationary attachment

Insertion

The moveable attachment

Belly

The fleshy part of the muscle

Prime mover

Causes the desired action

Agonist

Antagonist

Stretches and yields to the prime mover

Synergist

Serve to steady a movement

Fixators

Stabilize the origin of the prime mover.