NR304 - Musculoskeletal Exam Questions And
Accurate Answers
Nonsynovial joints - Answer These joints unite bones with fibrous tissue or cartilage that
are immovable or slightly movable
Synovial joints - Answer These joints are freely movable
Synovial fluid - Answer What do joints get their nourishment from
Ligaments - Answer Fibrous bands that connect bone to bone
Bursa - Answer Enclosed sac filled with synovial fluid
Skeletal, smooth, cardiac - Answer Name the three types of muscle
Fasciculi - Answer Groups of muscle fibers
Tendon - Answer Muscle is attached to bone by this
Protraction - Answer To move a body part forward and parallel to the ground
Retraction - Answer To move a body part backward and parallel to the ground
Depression - Answer To move a body part downward
, Temporomandibular joint - Answer This joint is involved in the articulation of the
mandible and temporal bones
TMJ - Answer Felt as a depression anterior to the tragus of the ear
3 - Answer How many movements does the TMJ allow for
33 - Answer The vertebrae consist of how many bones
7, 12, 5, 5, 3-4 - Answer Humans have ___ carvical, ___thoracic, ___lumbar, ___sacral,
and ___coccygeal vertebrae
4, Double S shape - Answer The lateral view of the vetebral column has ___curves and
this is called the.
Intervetebral disks - Answer Elastic fibrocartilaginous plates that make up 1/4 of the
spine
Nucleus pulposus - Answer The center of a vertebral disk that cushions the spine
Gelnohumeral joint (shoulder joint) - Answer This joint allows the humerus to articulate
with the glenoid fossa of the scalpula
Rotator cuff - Answer The joints and muscles of the shoulder are collectively referred to
as the.
Subacromial bursa - This bursa helps during abduction of the arm
Acromian process - This bump of the scalpula is at the top of the shoulder
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