Guided Notes

Musculoskeletal & Nervous Systems

Bones, joints, muscles, the spine and the nervous system — fractures, arthritis, back pain, stroke, migraine and the orthopedic and neuro procedures behind them.

Bones, joints and soft tissue

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• 206 bones; long bones (femur, humerus) have a shaft and ends; the spine has cervical (7), thoracic (12), lumbar (5) vertebrae, then the sacrum and coccyx. • Joints: knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle; cartilage cushions them; ligaments connect bone to bone; tendons connect muscle to bone. • Common words: arthr- (joint), my- (muscle), ten-/tendin- (tendon), chondr- (cartilage), oste- (bone), spondyl-/vertebr- (vertebra).