PDHPE EXAM GRADED A+

What is the axial skeleton? - ANSWER - skull - torso What is the appendicular skeleton? - ANSWER arms and legs What is superior? what is an example? - ANSWER towards the head (your skull is superior to your sternum) what is inferior? what is an example? - ANSWER towards the feet (your sternum is inferior to your skull) What is anterior? - ANSWER front of the body What is posterior? - ANSWER back of body What is lateral? an example? - ANSWER Away from the midline of the body (you have a lateral side to your knee that is away from the body) what is medial? an example? - ANSWER Toward the midline of the body (you have a medial side of your knee that is towards the midline of the body) What is proximal? - ANSWER Closer to the point of attachment What is distal? - ANSWER distant from the point of attachment What is supine? - ANSWER lying on the back what is prone? - ANSWER lying face down what are the planes of the body? - ANSWER sagittal, frontal, transverse what is transverse? - ANSWER top and bottom what is frontal? - ANSWER divides the body into front and back What is Sagittal - ANSWER divides the body into left and right what are the functions of the skeletal system? hint: stop procrastinating begin motivating my self - ANSWER support protect blood cell reproduction movement mineral storage storage of energy what are the types of bones? hint: FLISS - ANSWER - flat - long - irregular - short - sesamoid what is a flat bone? - ANSWER thin, flattened, and usually curved example of a flat bone? - ANSWER sternum ribs scapula what is a long bone? - ANSWER relatively long and slender example of a long bone? - ANSWER humerus ulna fibula and tibia what is an irregular bone? - ANSWER complex shapes example of an irregular bone? - ANSWER vertebrae bones of the pelvis what is a short bone? - ANSWER cube shaped example of a short bone? - ANSWER carpals and tarsals what is a sesamoid? - ANSWER small, round and flat example of sesamoids bone - ANSWER the patella what are the three major joint types? - ANSWER fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial what are fibrous joints? - ANSWER immovable and has no joint cavity example of fibrous joint? - ANSWER sutures between the skull What are cartilaginous joints? - ANSWER bones connected by cartilage - partially moveable example of cartilaginous joint? - ANSWER vertebrae what are synovial joints? - ANSWER freely movable joints example of synovial joints? - ANSWER the shoulder and hip joint what helps connects joints? - ANSWER ligaments, tendons and articular cartilage What are ligaments? - ANSWER Connect bone to bone what are tendons? - ANSWER Connect muscle to bone What is articular cartilage? - ANSWER provides smooth, lubricated surface for articulating bones what are the types of synovial joints? hint: pivot, pass, cut, shoot, ball, hopp - ANSWER pivot, plane, condyloid, saddle, ball and socket, hinge What is a pivot joint? example? - ANSWER allows for rotation of one bone around another - top of the neck What is a plane joint? example? - ANSWER allows for gliding movement - joints between carpals and tarsals what is a condyloid joint? example; - ANSWER Circular motion flexion and extension - between the radius and carpals bones of the wrist what is a saddle joint? example? - ANSWER allows for flexion, extension, adduction, abduction and circumduction - thumb joint What is a ball and socket joint? example? - ANSWER allows for rotational movement - shoulder and hip joints What is a hinge joint? - example - ANSWER allows flexion and extension - elbow and knee joints what is flexion? - ANSWER decreasing the angle of a joint what is extension? - ANSWER Increasing the angle of a joint What is abduction? - ANSWER Movement away from the midline of the body