NSG214 Musculoskeletal Latest Update Questions & Answers Verified 100% Correct

NSG214 Musculoskeletal Latest Update
Questions & Answers Verified 100% Correct!
fibrous joints

immovable

cartilaginous joints

allow only slight movement and consist of bones connected entirely by cartilage

synovial joints

freely movable joints

cartilage

A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps

them from rubbing together.

ligaments

Connect bone to bone

bursa

fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one part of a joint over another



ex. subracromial bursa of the shoulder, prepatellar bursa of the knee

Fasciculi

bundles of muscle fibers

, flexion

bending a joint; dec angle

extension

Straightening of a joint; inc angle

abduction

Movement away from the midline of the body

adduction

Movement toward the midline of the body

pronation

- turning the palm downward or the foot sole outward

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supination

- movement that turns the palm up

- s for sky, which is up

inversion

moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

circumduction

moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder

eversion