7. Skeletal System Flashcards
Part of bone resp for hematopoiesis or blood production
Red bone marrow
Hydroxyapatite is composed of
Calcium and phosphate
Part of bone resp for fat storage
Yellow bone marrow
Total bones of adult
206 bones
Total bones in newborn
270-350
How many axial bones in adults
80 axial bones
How many appendicular bones in adult
126 appendicular bones
4 examples of axial bones(found on the central axis)
Skull
Vertebra
Sternum
Ribs
Total skull bones
22
Skull bones are divided into
14 Facial bones and 8 cranial bones
Number of vertebra a adult
26 vertebrae
Number of vertebrae in children
33 vertebrae
How many pairs of ribs
12 pairs of ribs = 24
5 types of bones
Long Short Flat Irregular Sesamoid
Mnemonic for carpal bones from Proximal(near head) to distal(away from head) and Lat to med = PALM UP
Stop letting those people touch the cadavers hand
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
Examples of long bones
Radius ulna
Tibia fibula
Humerus
Femur
how many bones are there in a adult handwrist radiograph
29 bones in hand wrist
Flat bones of the skull are classified as _ which means spongy bone that is sandwiched by compact bone
Diploe
Spongy bone sandwiched by compact bone
Diploe
Boat shaped carpal bone (“sca-ptain”)
Scaphoid
Boat shaped tarsal bone (“navigate”)
Navicular bone
Moon shaped carpal bone
Lunate
Pea shaped carpal bone
Pisiform
Trapezoidal carpal bones
Trapezium and trapezoid