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Axial Bone Markings Flashcards

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1
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Supraorbital foramen

A

2 small holes above eyes

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Glabella

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Between eyebrows
Frontal bone

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Foramen magnum

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Big hole in orbital bone
Houses spinal cord

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Occipital condyles

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1 on each side of foramen magnum

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What is a condyle

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Place where one bone touches another

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What is a foramen

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A hole / opening

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External occipital protuberance

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Outside of occipital
Bump directly back of skull

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Hypoglossal canal

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Sides of foramen magnum
Cranial nerves pass through

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External acoustic meatus

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External hole of ear
Connects inner and outer ear

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Styloid process

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Temporal bone
Protrudes out of mastoid process

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Mastoid process

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Temporal bone
attachment site for many muscles

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Jugular foramen

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Part of temporal closest to occipital
Internal hole
Cranial nerves pass through

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Greater and lesser wings

A

Sphenoid bone
Greater extends more
Lesser smaller

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Sella turcica

A

Sphenoid bone
Where pituitary gland sits

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15
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Crista Gali

A

Ethmoid bone
Part that sticks up

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16
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Ethmoid air cells

A

Holes
Olfactory nerves go through
So signals go from nose to brain

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mandible

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lower jaw

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maxilla

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upper jaw

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19
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zygomatic bones

A

cheek bones

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nasal bones

A

bones in top of nose

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lacrimal bones

A

bones in the inner eye
medial to eyes
by tear ducts

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palatine bones

A

pallet of mouth

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vomer

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bone in skull that separates left and right nose

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inferior nasal concha

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one in each bottom of nose
swirls air into nostrils to warm it and extract o2

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25
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condylar process

A

back protrusion of mandible
articulates with the mandibular fossa of temporal bone

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coronoid process

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frontal top protrusion of mandible

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ramus

A

of mandible
side of jaw line

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body of mandible

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front of jawline
connects point of chin and ramus

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aveolar process

A

holes where teeth sit
in maxilla and mandible

30
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mental foramen

A

1 hole on each side of mandible just below teeth
allow nerves to pass through on each side of chin

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palatine process

A

of maxilla
forms most of hard plate

32
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temporal process

A

of zygomatic bones

33
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zygomatic process

A

of temporal bones

34
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lacrimal fossa

A

holes in lacrimal bones for tear ducts

35
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hyoid bone

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bone in front of trachea
protects trachea and is also attachment site for tongue

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greater and lesser horns

A

of hyoid bone
like greater and lesser wings of sphenoid

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mandibular fossa

A

on temporal bones
articulates with the condylar process of mandible

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mandibular symphasis

A

point of chin

39
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auditory ossicles

A

3 smallest bones in body
in ear

40
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fontanelles

A

fibrous membranes
connect baby bones in skull

41
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reason for fontanelles

A

so babies can get out of wombs

42
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sutural bones

A

little bones that form in between sutures
only some people have

43
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number of cervical bones

A

7

44
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atlas

A

c1

45
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axis

A

c2

46
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atlas vs axis

A

atlas has no body
axis has “dens” for atlas to rotate on

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number of thoracic vertebrae

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12

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number of lumbar vertebrae

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5

49
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body of vertebrae faces ____

A

anteriorly

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spinous process faces _____

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posteriorly

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transverse processes

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faces lateral
1 on each side

52
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vertebral foramen

A

holes in each vertebrae

53
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uniques of cervical vertebrae

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triangle shaped foramen
smallest body
bifurcated spinous process
transverse process foramen

54
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uniques of thoracic vertebrae

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sharp and downward pointed spinous processes
medium sized body

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uniques of lumbar vertebra

A

largest body

55
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parts of sternum

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1.) mandibrium
2.) body
3.) xiphoid process

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Number of ribs

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12 pairs
24 total

57
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true vs false ribs

A

1-7 = true
8-12 = false

11 & 12 = floating

58
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transverse costal facet

A

facet where ribs touch vertebrae

59
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which vertebrae has transverse costal facet

A

thoracic

60
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significance of vertebrae size

A

bigger supports more weight
smaller has more ROM

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