What does midsagittal mean?
the median vertical longitudinal plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves.
What is appositional growth?
when bones grow in diameter, osteoblasts lay down new bone matrix on the surface of the bone, while osteoclasts remove bone from the medullary cavity increasing
What are the canaliculi?
processes that extend from the main body of an osteocyte to allow them to communicate with each other. The canaliculi touch each other
Bone has a very plentiful blood supply(orthopedic surgery is one of the bloodiest surgeries)When a bone breaks,blood vessels are damaged,causing blood to flow in the area of the break.This blood clots and forms a hematoma.What happens next?
A callus forms to stabilize the bone while it heals. A mass of connective tissue that connects the end of a broken bone.
name the 3 types of joints and an example.
Fibrous=-sutures (head) and syndesmosis (forearm),Cartilaginous- costal cartilage and pubis symphysis and spine, Synovial – allows for free movement
What are Mrs. Berryman's arms doing during a squat on one leg?
circumduction (to keep my balance) :-)
List 3 of the 6 types of synovial joints and example of each
gliding (plane):scapula and clavical, hinge:knee or elbow, pivot:neck, ellipsoid:hand, saddle:thumb, ball and socket:hips and shoulder
What is the consistency of synovial fluid and what is it’s purpose?
Viscous, ovial:egg like, non Newtonian, lubricates, supports the chondrocytes in the articular cartilage, shock absorber
A child is diagnosed with Ricketts, caused by a vit D deficiency, which prevents calcium from being absorbed by the body. What are the child’s bones like?
Soft and flexible, they can’t support the child’s body weight.
