QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the roles of the Skeletal System with movement? (5) - ANS 1) Supports Soft Tissues
of the body
2) Protects crucial components of the body
3) Furnishes surfaces for the attachment of: Muscles, Tendons & Ligaments
4) Provides storage areas for Minerals & Fat
5) Produces Blood Cells
Types of Joints (p.1132) (6) - ANS 1) Ball & Socket (Shoulder, Hip Joint)
2) Condyloid (Wrist Joint & Joint connecting Fingers to Palm)
3) Gliding (Carpal Bones of Wrist & Tarsal Bones of Feet)
4) Hinge (Elbow, Knee & Ankle Joints)
5) Pivot (Joints btwn Atlas & Axis of the Neck, & btwn proximal ends of the Radius & Ulna of the
Wrist)
6) Saddle (Joint btwn Trapezium & Metacarpal of the Thumb)
Inspection of Joints (What to Observe) - ANS -Observe shape in a Neutral position
Look For:
-Erethyma (Redness)
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, -Edema (Swelling)
-Bruising
-Deformities
-Nodules
-Atrophy
-Skin Integrity
-Masses
-Breakbown
-Crepitus**
Crepitus - ANS -Grating sounds of Two ends of Bones rubbing together
Types of Joint Movements (p.1133) (13) - ANS 1) Abduction
2) Adduction
3) Circumduction
4) Flexion
5) Extension
6) Hyperextension
7) Dorsiflexion
8) Plantar Flexion
9) Rotation (Internal & External)
10) Supination
11) Pronation
12) Inversion
13) Eversion
Abduction - ANS -Movement away from the midline of the body
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