axial skeleton Flashcards
1
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bones of axial skeleton
A
skull, auditory aussicles, hyoid, vertebral column, thoracic cage
2
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functions of axial skeleton
A
protects brain, spinal cord and vital organs in thorax
3
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skull total amount of bones
A
22
8 cranial
14 facial
4
Q
cranial bones
A
- parietal (2)
2 . temporal (2) - frontal
- occipital
- ethmoid
6.sephnoid
5
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facial bones
A
- vomer
- mandible
- Maxialla (2)
- zygomatics (2)
- palentines (2)
- lacriminals (2)
- nasals (2)
- inferior nasal conchae
6
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sutures
A
immovable joints that connect cranial bones
7
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coronal
A
frontal and parietal
8
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sagital
A
two paritals
9
Q
squamous
A
temporal and parietal
10
Q
lamboid
A
occiput and parietal
11
Q
ligament nuchae
A
helps keeps head errect
12
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nuchal lines
A
neck muscle attachment point on occipital bone
13
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external occpital protuberance
A
site of attachement for ligament nuchae
14
Q
7 bones of the orbit
A
sphenoid
palentine
zygomatic
frontal
ethmoid
lacrimal
maxilla
15
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nasalacromal canal
A
connects orbits to nasal cavity–tears from eyes to nose
