Exam 1 Imaging procedures

stuff I need extra studying on

fissure

cleft(slit) or groove

foramen

hole in bone for transmission of blood vessels and nerves

fossa

pit, fovea or hollow space

groove

shallow, linear depression

sinus

recess, groove, cavity, or hollow space

sulcus

furrow, trench, or fissure like depression

tuberosity

large, rounded elevated process

tubercle

small, rounded elevated process

trochanter

large, rounded, elevated process located at the junction of the neck and shaft of the femur

crest

ridge-like process

epicondyle

projection above a condyle

spine

sharp like process

head

expanded end of a long bone

condyle

rounded process at an articular extremity

facet

small, smooth surfaced process for articulation

coracoid/coronoid

beak like process

hamulus

hook shaped process

horn

horn like process

malleolus

club shaped process

protuberance

bony projection/ projecting part or pro-minence

jugular notch

T1 and T2

vertebra prominens

C7

most superior part of iliac crest

L4 and L5

Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)

S1

synarthroses

immovable

amphiarthroses

slightly movable

diarthroses

freely movable

syndesmosis

fibrous, slightly immovable, tib fib joint

suture

fibrous, immovable, skull and facial bones

gomphosis

fibrous, immovable, roots of the teeth

symphysis

cartilaginous, slightly movable, pubic symphysis

synchondrosis

cartilaginous, immovable, epiphyseal plate

Gliding joint

synovial, slight movement, uniaxial, intercarpal and intersals

Hinge joint

synovial, flexion,extension, uniaxial, knee, elbow, ankle

pivot joint

synovial, allows rotation around a single axis, uniaxial, atlantoaxial joint (C1-C2 joint)

Ellipsoid Joint

synovial, allows flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction, biaxial, radiocarpal(wrist joint)

Saddle joint

synovial, biaxial, carpometacarpal joint

ball and socket

synovial, multiaxial, round head in a cup shaped socket

closed fracture

does not break through

displaced fracture

bones not in anatomic alignment

nondisplaced fracture

retains normal alignement

open facture

broken bone projects through skin