- sites of muscle attachment eg erector spinae to sacrum
- other eg. = patella
Sesamoid bones - Answer - Typically found within a tendon or muscle = protection
- provide surface for tendons to move across
= increase in movement at joint
e.g Patella + phalanges
List the type of joints used at the elbow and wrist + articulating bones + movement
produced - Answer - Elbow -> Hinge -> Humerus + Radius + ulna -> flexion + extension
- Wrist -> Gliding -> Humerus, radius, carpals (ulna not a part of wrist) -> flexion,
extension, adduction, abduction
Anterior - Answer To the front
Posterior - Answer To the behind
Medial - Answer Towards the midline
Lateral - Answer Away from the midline
, Proximal - Answer Near to root (origin) of body e.g Proximal of the arm is the shoulder
What are the names, how many discs each of them have and order of how the vertebrae
run? -Answer- Cervical-7
Thoracic-12
Lumbar-5
Sacrum-5
Coccyx-4
What is the function of the cervical section of the spinal column? -Answer support the
weight of the head
What does the first 2 of the vertebrae in the cervical vertebrae call? And what is their
function? - Answer Atlas (C1) & Axis (C2)
- form a pivot joint = allows head + neck to move side to side
= smallest + most vulnerable in vertebrae column
What is the function of thoracic section of the spinal column? - Answer Allows the
attachment of the ribs
What is the function of the lumbar section of the spinal column? - Answer - Largest and
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