Sports Med- Skeletal System

What is another name for the olecranon process?

Elbow

Which of the pelvic bones are considered sit down bones?

Ischium

Which of the pelvic bones are your hips

Illium

Bone marrow can be found inside the ___ of long bones

center

What is the shiny white tissue found on the ends of bones?

cartillage

What are the main functions of the skeletal system?

support, protect, leverage

What is a greenstick fracture?

A type of bone fracture that occurs in children, where the bone bends and cracks instead of breaking completely.

What is a compound fracture?

it breaks through the skin

Spiral Fracture

S-shaped seperation

Oblique fracture

diagonal straight fracture

Serrated fracture

saw tooth fracture with jagged edges

Transverse fracture

straight across the bone

Comminuted fracture

fracture in 3 or more places

Contrecoup

occurs on the opposite side to point at which trauma initiated

Blowout fracture

occur to wall of the eye as a result of a blow to the eye

Avulsion Fracture

seperation of bone fragment. Sudden twist or stretch of body part.

Stress Fracture

a small crack in a bone that occurs from repetitive force or overuse, commonly seen in athletes.

Epiphyseal Plate Fracture

break in one at growth plate.

ossification

making a bone

osteocyte

mature bone cell.

osteoblast

build bone

osteoclast

bone cells that reabsorb bone

Cervical names

C1-C7

Thoratic

T1-T12

Lumbar Names

L1-L5

Sacrum

5 fussed vertabrae

What is another name for tailbone

coccyx

Cervucal Vertebrae

C1(atlas) and C2(axis)

Mandible

moveable jaw

Where does the spine stop?

L1 and L2

True Ribs

attach to the sternum. Ribs 1-7

False Ribs

do not attach to the sternum. Ribs 8-12

Floating Ribs

11 and 12

How many movements does the spine have.

6. Flextion and extension, rotation, titling/lateral flextion.

The epiphysis is the ___ of a long bone while the diaphysis is the ____.

end, shaft

What are the 5 types of bones?

long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid