Axial and Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
Is the pelvic girdle a part of the axial skeleton?
NO
What are the divisions of the axial skeleton?
Skull Hyoid Bone Ear ossicles Thoracic cage Vertebral column
What bone feature of the skull articulates with the first cervical vertebrae?
occipital condyles
Where does the pituitary gland sit?
stella turcica
roof of nasal cavity
cribriform plate
site of attachment for dura mater
crista galli
forms superior portion of nasal septum
perpendicular plate
form part of lateral walls of nasal cavity
superior and middle nasal conchae
what forms the hard palate?
palatine bone and maxilla
is the inferior nasal conchae a part of the ethmoid bone or a facial bone?
it is a facial bone
Attachment for tongue & some neck muscles
doesn’t articulate with any other bone
hyoid bone
The ear ossicles, which embryonic pharyngeal arches do these form from?
1 and 2
superior projection of the axis; allows head to pivot
ondontoid process; the dens
convex posteriorly
sacral and thoracic
concave posteriorly
lumbar and cervical
posteriorly exaggerated curvature (usually thoracic); “humpback”
kyphosis
exaggerated lumbar curvature; “swayback”, sometimes associated with pregnancy
Lordosis
- abnormal lateral curve of any portion of spine (most often thoracic)
scoliosis
What is an example of a sesamoid bone?
patella (bone within a tendon or muscle)
Do babies have yellow bone marrow?
nope
Where can you find red bone marrow?
Long bones of babies and in all spongy bone
In adults, epiphyses and dipole and some large irregular bones like the coxal bones
What do osteoclasts produce to break down the inorganic portion of bone?
hydrochloric acid
in adults; deficiency of vitamin D or Ca resulting in bone demineralization
Bones soften and weaken
osteomalacia
osteomalacia in children?
rickets
