AP HEAD NECK AND TORSO Flashcards
How many bones in human body
206
Why do kids have more bones than adults
Because some bones fuse during development
What are the two parts of the skeleton
Axial Skeleton
Appendicular Skeleton
What are the basic types of bones
- long
- short
- flat
- irregular
- sesamoid
Where are sutures located
In joints between bones of the skull
Describe long bones
Are greater in length than in width Consist of shaft and extremities (end) slight surged for strength and distribute stress Mostly compact bone in the diaphysis Commonly spongy bone in the epiphyses
What are examples of long bones
Femur, tibia, humerus, ulna, radius
Describe short bones
Nearly equal in length and width
Consist of spongy bone tissue except at surface
Surface is a thin layer of compact bone tissue
Examples of short bones
Carpal bones of the wrist
Remember PISIFORM is a sesamoid bone
Describe flat bones
Generally thin
Consist of two parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy bone
Provide protection
Areas for muscle attachment
Examples of flat bones
Cranial bones, sternum, ribs, scapulae
Describe sesamoid bones
Develop in certain tendons that have considerable friction, tension.
Protect tendons from excessive wear and tear
-may change direction of pull of a tendon
Example of sesamoid bones
Patella,
Sesamoid
Describe sutural bones
NOT THE SAME AS SUTURES
Classified by location not shape
Call bones that are located in sutures between cranial bones
Formed due to additional ossification centers in or near sutures
Describe irregular bones
Complies shapes that prevent grouping them into typical bone groups
-vary in the amount of spongy and compact bones
Examples of irregular bones
Vertebrae, hip bones, calcaneus
What are processes
Projections or outgrowths
Either help form joints or serve as attachment points for connective tissue
What parts of bone allow for passage of soft tissue and participate in joints
Depressions and openings
What is the difference between the origin and the insertion of muscles
Origin: is the on the bone that does not move when the muscle shortens/ contracts
(Normally proximal)
Insertion: is the bone that moves with contraction
How do we name muscles
Patterns of fascicles Size Shape Action Number of origins Location
What are the 7 fascicle arrangements of muscles
Unipennate Bipennate Multipennate Triangular Circular Fusiform Parallel
Describe parallel fascicles
Fascicles are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muscle
terminate at either end in flat tendons
describe fusifrom fascicle formation
Fascicles nearly parallel to the longitudinal axis of muscle
terminate in flat tendons where diameter is less that at the belly
This of processes as….
Muscle attachment points
What is a fossa
A shallow depression in a bone
What is a Foramen
A hole
What is a meatus
A tube like opening
What is a condyle
Large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
What is a facet
Smoot flat articular surface
What is a crest
Prominent ridge or elongated projection
What is a line/línea
A long narrow ridge or border, less prominent than a crest
What is a spinous process
Sharpe slender projection
What is a trochanter
Very large projection
What is tubercle
Small, rounded projection
What is a tuberosity
Large, rounded, usually roughened projection
Describe circular fascicles
Aka sphincters
fascicles in concentric circular arrangements
Describe triangular fascicles
Convergent
Fascicles that spread over a broad area, and converge at a thick central tendon give the muscle a triangular appearance
Describe Unipennate fascicles
Are short in relation to total muscle length, and are arranged on only on side of the tendon
Describe Bipennate fascicles
Are arranged on both sides of centrally positions tendons which extend nearly the entire length of the muscle
Describe multipennate fascicles
Attach obliquely from many direction to several tendons, which in turn extend nearly the entire length of the muscle
What does rectus mean
Parallel to midline
Define transfers
Perpendicular to midline
Define oblique
Diagonal to midline
Define maximums
Means largest
Define medius
Means intermediate
Define minimus
Means smallest
Define longus
means long
Define brevis
Means short
Define latissimus
Means Widest
Define longissimus
Means longest
Define magnus
Means Large
Define Major
Means Larger
Define minor
Means smaller
Define Vastus
Means huge
Define Deltoid shape
Triangular
Define trapezius shape
Trapezoidal
Define serratus shape
Saw-toothed
Describe rhomboid shape
Diamond shaped
Describe orbicularis shape
Circular
Describe pectinate shape
Comblike
Define piriformis shape
Pear shaped
Describe platys shape
Flat
Describe quadratus shape
Square shaped, four sided
Describe gracilis shape
Slender
Describe flexor action
Decreases a joint angle
Describe extensor action
Increase a joint angle
Describe abducter action
Moves AWAY from midline
Describe adductor action
moves a bone CLOSER to midline
Levator action
Raises or elevates a body part
Depressor action
Lowers or depresses a body part
Supinator action
Turns Palm anteriorly
Pronator action
Turns palm posteriorly
Sphincter action
Decreases the size on an opening
Tensor action
Makes a body part rigid
Rotator action
Rotates a bone around its longitudinal axis
What is bicep origin number
2
What is triceps origin number
3
What is quadriceps origin number
4
What is the prime mover
The agonist
Contracts to cause the desired action
What is the antagonist
Stretches and yields to prime mover
Describe a synergistic
Contract to stabilize nearby joints
What are fixations
Stabilize the origin of the prime mover
What is Hilton’s law
Is the observation that a nerve that innervates a joint also told to innervate the muscles that move the joint, and the skin that covers the attachments of those muscles
What fact does Hiltons Law arise from
Embryological development
What is entrapment neuropathy
Physical compression or irritation of major nerve trunks and peripheral nerves, producing distant nerve pain
Entrapment Neuropathy of the upper limbs
Neck
Should
Elbow
Wrist
Entrapment Nueropathy of the neck
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Entrapment Nueropathy of the shoulder
Supra clavicular neuritis
Entrapment Neuropathy of the elbow
Ulnar neuritis
Median Neuritis
Radial neuritis
Entrapment neuropathy of the lower limbs
Hip
Leg
Foot
Entrapment neuropathy of the hip
Piriformis syndrome
Entrapment Neuropathy of the leg
Compartment syndrome
Entrapment neuropathy of the foot
Tarsal tunnel syndrome.
Medial plantar neuritis
Digital neuritis
Deep Fibular neuritis
S/S of Entrapment neuropathy
Symptoms: Tingling, pain
Followed by accompanied reduced sensation of complete numbness
Signs: muscle weakness, associated atrophy
What are the two main circulatory routes
Systemic and pulmonary
Where do all systemic arteries Branch from
AORTA
What are the four branches of the AORTA
Ascending,
ARCH
Thoracic
Abdominal
What are venae comitantes
Viens that accompany arteries
are often dedicated as single vessels, but in fact they tend to be multiple vessels
Have the same name as the corresponding artery
How is venous blood warmed as it travels back to the heart
By venae comitantes
Define Myotome
All the muscles or parts of muscles receiving innervation from one spinal nerve
What does it mean to be “recurrent”
That its “running in a reverse” direction
How do the venae comitantes play a role in the arteriovenous pump
Veins stretch and flatten as the artery expands during contraction of the heart… milking blood through the veins
What are the layer of the SCALP
Superficial to Deep
S-Skin C-Connective Tissue A-Aponerousis L-Loose Connective Tissue P- Pericranium
What are the two connective tissues of the scalp
Subcutaneous/ Hypodermis
And
Loose CT
(danger space of loose areolar CT)
What three layers of the skin of the scalp are connected and move as a single unit
SKIN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
APONEUROSIS
What area of the scalp can fill with pus, or blood due to infection
The loose CT area
Aka the DANGER AREA
How many bones are in the skull
22
What are the two parts of the skull
Neurocranium and facial skeleton
What is the neurocranium
Cranial Vault or Brain Box
Encompasses the brain, cranial meninges, cranial nerves, and associated structures
What composes the Facial Skeleton
Anterior part of the skull containing the orbits, nasal cavities, maxilla (upper jaw), mandible (lower jaw).
What is the facial skeleton also called
Viscerocranium or Splanchnocranium
What are the bones of the neurocranium
Frontal bone (1) Parietal Bones (2) Temporal Bones (2) Occipital Bone (1) Sphenoid Bone (1) Ethmoid Bone (1) *8 total*
How are the bones of the neurocranium connected
Most are largely flat, curved bones united by fibrous interlocking sutures
What is the space within the neurocranium called
Cranial Vault
What are the two parts of the cranial vault
Calvaria and Basicranium
What is the calvaria
Aka the skullcap
Is the dome like roof of the cranium, made up of the superior portions of the frontal bone, occipital bone, and parietal bones
What is the basicranium,
AKA cranial base
Is the floor of the cranium, basically comprising the occipital, sphenoid,
Petrous portion of the temporal bone,
Vomer, palatines, and a portion of the maxillae
What is the function of the 8 cranial bones
- protect the brain and house the ear ossicles
- provide muscle attachments for the jaw, neck, and facial muscles
What is the function of the facial bones
-protect delicate sense organs
Like smell, taste, vision
-support entrances to digestive and respiratory systems
What are the 8 cranial bones
the same bones as the neurocranium
Frontal Parietal (2) Temporal (2) Occipital Sphenoid And ethmoid
What does the frontal bone form
Forehead Roof of orbits Anterior cranial floor Suborbital Margin Frontal Sinus
When does the frontal suture close
By age 6.
What is the frontal suture called before its closed
Metopic suture
What does the parietal bone form
Sides and roof of cranial cavity
What does the temporal bones from
Zygonatic process froms part of arch External auditory meatus Mastoid process Styloid process Stylomastoid Foramen Mandíbula fossa Petrous portion Caryatid Foramen Jugular Foramen
What CN is associated with the stylomastoid Foramen of the temporal bone
CN VII
What CN is associated with the petrous portion of the temporal bone
CN VIII
What does the occipital bone form
Foramen Magnum
Occipital condyles
External occipital protuberance attachment of ligamentum nuchae
Superior and inferior unchallenged lines
What is the keystone bone and why is it called that
The sphenoid bone
Because it articulates with all other cranial bones
Where is the sphenoid bone located and what does it compose
In the middle part of the base of the skull
Composes ptygoid processes that are attachment sites for jaw muscles
What do the greater wings of the sphenoid bone form
The anteriolateral floor of the cranium and the lateral part of the skull
Describe the body of the sphenoid
Is a cable like portion holding the sphenoid sinuses
What do the lesser wings of the sphenoid form
Part of the orbit of the eye and part of the cranium floor
What are the pterygoid processes
Attachment points from muscles that move the mandible
lateral and medial pterygoid muscles on each side
What is the passageway for CN III, IV, VI and CNV1
Superior orbital fissure of the sphenoid bone
Where does CN V2 pass through
Forman rotundum of the sphenoid bone
Where does CN V3 transmit through
The Foramen Ovale of the Sphenoid Bone
What does teh sella turcica of the sphenoid bone hold
The Pituitary gland
What is the central depression of the sphenoid bone called,,,
The hypophyseal fossa
What does the ethmoid bone form
Forms portion of cranial floor
Medial wall of the orbit
Superior portion of the nasal septum
And most of the superior walls of the nasal cavity
Which bone is a major supporting structure of the nasal cavity
The ethmoid bone
What does the cristales galli of the ethmoid bone attach
Attaches to the falx cerebri
Celebrating L and R cerebral hemispheres
Where does CN I pass through
The olfactory for amine of the ethmoid bone
What do the lateral masses of the ethmoid bone contain
Lateral masses
What is the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
The upper part of the sandal septum
What are the turbinates
Portion of the ethmoid bones
Made from the superior and middle nasal conchae
What are the functions of the superior and middle nasal conchae
Increase vascular surface to warm passing air
Causes inhaled air to swirl and impact mucus (Filters air)
Superior conchae house the olfactory receptors
What are the 14 Facial Bones
Nasal (2) Maxillae (2) Zygomatic (2) Mandible (1) Lacrimal (2) Palatine (2) Inf.. Nasal Conchae (2) Vomer (1)
What do the alveolar processes of the maxillae and mandible
A sockets for teeth
What structures do the maxillary bones make up
Floor of the orbit Floor of the nasal cavity Hard palate Maxillary sinus Alveolar processes of the upper teeth
What do the zygomatic bones make up
Cheekbones
Lateral walls of the orbit
Combines with the termporal bone for the zygomatic arch
What structures arrise from the lacrimal bones
Medial wall of the orbit
Lacrimal fossa houses the lacrimal sac