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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Axial |
Skull, rib cage, and vertebral column |
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Appendicular skeleton |
Upper and lower extremities, shoulder and pelvic girdles |
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Skeletal system functions |
Supports, protect, allows bodily movement, produces blood, stores minerals |
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Depressions |
Flattened or indented portions of a bone; can be muscle attachment sites |
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Process |
Projection protruding from a bone; muscles, tendons, and ligaments can attach |
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Ligame |
Connects bone to bone; little blood supply; slow to heal |
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Arthrokinematics |
Joint motion |
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Non-synovial joints |
No joint cavity, connective tissue, or cartilage; little to no movement |
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Synovial joint’s |
Held together by joint capsule and ligaments; associated with movement |
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Major motion |
Roll, slide, spin |
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Hinge joint type |
Elbows, ankles; Sagittal plane movement |
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Ball and socket joint type |
Shoulders, hips; most mobile, all three planes of motion |
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Weight bearing |
The best method to strengthen bones |
