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6 The Skeleton!!!!! Flashcards

1
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What is a condyle?

A

Large, smooth, round, oval articulating structure

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2
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What is a facet?

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Small, flat, shallow, articulating surface

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3
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What is a bone head?

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Prominent rounded epiphysis

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4
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What is a trochlea ?

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Smooth, grooved, pulley-like articular process

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5
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What is an alveolus?

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Deep pit or socket in mandible or maxillae

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6
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What is a fossa?

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Flattened or shallow depression

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7
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What is a sulcus?

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A narrow groove

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8
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What is a crest?

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A narrow, prominent, ridge-like projection

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9
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What is an epicondyle?

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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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10
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What is a bony line?

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A low ridge

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11
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What is a process?

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Any bony prominence

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12
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What is a trochanter?

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A massive, rough projection found only on the femur

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13
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What is a tubercle?

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A small rounded projection of bone

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14
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What is a tuberosity?

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A large, roughened projection.

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15
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What is a canal?

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A passageway through a bone

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16
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What is a fissure?

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A narrow, slit-like opening through a bone

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17
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What is a foremen?

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A rounded passageway through a bone

18
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Sinus

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A cavity or hollow space in a bone

19
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What are the paranasal sinuses lined with?

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Mucous membranes

20
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What is the function of sinuses?

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Make skull lighter, resonate sound, warm and humidify air

21
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How many cervical vertebrae are there?

22
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How many thoracic vertebrae?

23
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How many lumbar vertebrae?

24
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How many vertebrae make up the sacrum?

25
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How many vertebrae in the coccyx?

26
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What are the two structures that make up the intervertebral disks?

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Nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosis.

27
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What makes up the nucleus pulposus?

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Gelatinous fluid, high water content to absorb stress.

28
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What makes up the annulus fibrosus?

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Outer layer is ligament. Inner layer fibrocartilage

29
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How many true ribs are there and what numbers are they?

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Seven. T1-T7

30
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How many false ribs and what numbers are they?

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Five. T8-T12

31
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What numbers are the floating ribs?

32
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What is a cleft lip/cleft palate?

A

Incomplete fusion of the two facial maxilae

33
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What is the frequency of cleft palate births?

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1/1000 babies

34
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What is the clinical term for a hunchback.

35
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What is the clinical name of a swayback?

36
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What about a laterally curved spine?

37
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What was thalidomide used for?

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A sleep aid and off label as a remedy for morning sickness.

38
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What conditions does thalidomide cause?

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Plolydactyly, meromelia, phocomelia, amelia.

39
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What is phocomelia?

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Short, poorly formed, fin-like limb.

40
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What is meromelia?

A

The partial absence of a limb.

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