| A | B |
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| articulation | Term for a joint |
| synarthroses | immovable joint |
| suture | An immovable joint found on the skull |
| gomphoses | The teeth joining with the mandible is an example of this joint |
| amphiarthroses | A slightly movable joint |
| diarthroses | A freely movable joint |
| flexion | Decreasing the angle of a joint |
| extension | Increasing the angle of a joint |
| hyperextension | extending past the normal |
| dorsiflexion | Picking the toes upward |
| plantarflexion | Pointing the toes towards the ground |
| abduction | Moving a part away from the midline |
| adduction | Moving a part towards the midline |
| rotation | Movement upon a bony landmark |
| circumduction | A combination of rotation, abduction, adduction, flexion and extension |
| protraction | Bringing the mandible anterior |
| retraction | Bringing the mandible posterior |
| depression | lowering the mandible |
| elevation | Raising the mandible |
| inversion | Moving the foot so the bottom faces medially |
| eversion | Moving the foot so the bottom faces laterally |
| 7 | Number of cervical vertebrae |
| 12 | Number of thoracic vertebrae |
| 5 | Number of Lumbar vertebrae |
| 24 | Number of true vertebrae |
| true | Term for a movable vertebrae |
| false | Term for an immovable vertebrae |
| kyphosis | Term for an exaggerated thoracic curvature |
| lordosis | Term for an exaggerated lumbar curvature |
| scoliosis | Term for an exaggerated lateral curvature |
| thoracic and sacral | Name the two curvatures present before birth |
| concave | Both primary curvatures are anteriorly |
| lumbar and cervical | Name the two secondary curvatures |
| convex | Both secondary curvatures are anteriorly |
| hold up head | The cervical curvature develops when the baby can... |
| walk | The lumbar curvature develops when the baby can... |
| annulus fibrosus | Tough outer layer of the intervertebral disc |
| nucleus pulposus | Semi liquid center of a intervertebral disc |
| chymopapain | Treatment of a herniated disc in which the pulposus is broken down by ________ |
| dens | Bony projection on the axis in which the atlas rotates |
| gliding | Type of joint in which the bones are very close. Clavicle is example |
| hinge | The knee and elbow are this type of joint |
| pivot | The joint between the 1st and 2nd vertebrae is a __________joint |
| condyloid | The fingers are examples of this joint |
| ellipsoidal | The arm joining with the wrist are examples of this joint |
| saddle | The thumb is an example of this joint |
| ball and socket | The hip and shoulder are examples of this joint |
| acetabulum | Bony landmark that the "ball" fits into. |
| menisci | A fatty pad at a joint |
| bursae | A fluid filled sac at a joint |
| capsule | A tough covering around a synovial joint |
| articular cartilage | Prevents bone rubbing on bone at a joint |
| atlas | Term for the 1st cervical vertebrae |
| axis | Term for the 2nd cervical vertebrae |
| disc protrusion | 1st stage of a herniated disk |
| prolapse disc | 2nd stage of a herniated disc |
| disc extrusion | 3rd stage of a herniated disc |
| sequestered disc | 4th stage of a herniated disc |
| sciatica | Term used to describe pain that travels along the sciatic nerve |
| paralysis | loss of motor function |
| paristhesias | loss of sensory function |
| flaccid paralysis | no voluntary or involuntary movement |
| spastic paralysis | some involuntary movement allowed in this type of paralysis |
| paraplegia | Lower limbs are affected in this type of paralysis |
| quadraplegia | All 4 limbs are affected in this type of paralysis |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| spina bifida | Condition in which the vertebrae don't close off totally |
| conus medullaris | tapering end of the spinal cord |
| filum terminale | connects spinal cord to coccyx |
| cauda equina | collection of nerve cell roots at end of spinal cord |
| grey matter | The "H" in the spinal cord is made of this type of tissue |
| tabes dorsalis | deteriation of posterior white matter tracts during late stage syphilis |
| poliomyelitis | considered to be a disease of technology |
| supination | rotating so palm is anterior |
| pronation | rotating so palm is posterior |
| protraction | bringing jaw forward |
| retraction | bringing jaw posterior |
| depression | lowering jaw |
| elevation | raising jaw |
| eversion | bottom of the foot faces lateral |
| inversion | bottom of the foot faces medial |
