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axial skeleton Flashcards

1
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structures of bones include

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  • articulations
  • landmarks
  • foramina
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what type of structure indicate contacts with other bones?

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articulation

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3
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what type of structure indicate areas of muscle and ligament attachment?

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landmarks

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what type of structure indicate openings for nerves and blood vessels?

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foramina

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Axial Skeleton

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Forms the longitudinal axis of the body

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how many bones does skull have?

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  • 8 cranial bones
  • 14 facial bones
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Bones associated with the skull

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  • 6 auditory ossicles
  • The hyoid bone
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bones in vertebral column

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  • 24 vertebrae (singular = vertebra)
  • The sacrum
  • The coccyx
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9
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bones in thoracic cage

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  • 24 ribs
  • The sternum
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10
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function of axial skeletion

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  1. Attaches to muscles of head, neck, and trunk
  2. Performs respiratory movements
  3. Stabilizes parts of appendicular skeleton
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what does the skull protect?

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  • The brain
  • Entrances to respiratory system
  • Entrance to digestive system
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12
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function of facial bones

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Protect and support entrances to digestive and respiratory tracts

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Cranial Bones

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  • Enclose the cranial cavity
  • Which contains the brain
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14
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Facial Bones

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have 2 parts:
- superficial facial bones
- deep facial bones

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15
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superficial facial bones

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muscle attachment

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16
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deep facial bones

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Separate the oral and nasal cavities

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17
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which type of facial bone will form nasal septum?

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deep facial bones

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18
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sinuses

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Cavities that decrease the weight of the skull

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19
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which cavity lined with mucous membrane and protect entrance of respiratory system?

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sinuses

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20
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sutures

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The immovable joints of the skull

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four major sutures

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  1. Lambdoid suture
  2. Coronal suture
  3. Sagittal suture
  4. Squamous suture
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22
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lambdoid suture

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separates the occipital from the parietal bone

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23
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which type of suture contain sutural bone?

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lambdoid suture

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24
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sagittal suture

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  • between parietal bones
  • from lambdoid suture to coronal suture
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squamous suture

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Form boundaries between temporal bones and
parietal bones

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26
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Coronal Suture

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Attaches frontal bone to parietal bones

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27
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calvaria (skullcap)

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Consists of occipital, parietal, and frontal bones

28
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types of cranial bones

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  • Occipital bone
  • Parietal bones
  • Frontal bone
  • Temporal bones
  • Sphenoid
  • Ethmoid
29
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types of bone in occipital bone

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  • foramen magnum
  • occipital condyles
30
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foramen magnum

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connects cranial and spinal cavity

31
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Functions of the temporal bones

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  1. Part of lateral walls of cranium and zygomatic
    arches
  2. Articulate with mandible
  3. Surround and protect inner ear
  4. Attach muscles of jaws and head
32
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Auditory Ossicles

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Three tiny bones in tympanic cavity (middle ear)

33
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sound transfer from _________ ____________ to
__________ ______

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tympanic membrane (eardrum) to
inner ear

34
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_________ _________support the lower teeth

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Alveolar processes

35
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Mental protuberance

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attaches facial muscles

36
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Marks of the mandible

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  • body
  • alveolar processes
  • mental protuberance
37
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infant skull

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  • grow rapidly
  • relatively large to body
38
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what kind of ossification does infant skull have?

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intramembranous ossification

39
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does infant skull completed?

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fusion is not complete at birth

40
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Fontanelles

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areas of fibrous connective tissue (soft spots)

41
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which structure cover unfused sutures in the infant skull ?

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fontanelles

42
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which structure allow skull to flex at birth?

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fontanelles

43
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4 types of fontanelles

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  • Anterior Fontanelle
  • Occipital Fontanelle*
  • Sphenoidal Fontanelles*
  • Mastoid Fontanelles*
44
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which types of fontanelles will disappear 1-2 months old?

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*Occipital, sphenoidal, and mastoid

45
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Anterior fontenelle

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Frontal, sagittal, and coronal sutures

46
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abnormalities of cranial growth

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  • craniostenosis
  • deformational plagiocephaly
47
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Craniostenosis

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  • Premature closure of fontanelle
  • Unusual distortions
48
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Deformational Plagiocephaly

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Repeated pressure on the same area

49
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how many bones does vertebral column have?

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total 26
- 24 vertebrae
- sacrum
- coccyx

50
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how many vertebrae does the neck have?

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7 cervical vertebrae

51
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how many vertebrae does the upper back have?

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12 thoracic vertebrae

52
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what does thoracic vertebrae associate with?

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Each articulates with one or more pair of ribs

53
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how many vertebrae does the lower back have?

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5 lumbar vertebrae

54
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which vertebrae associate with sacrum?

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5th lumbar vertebra

55
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which structure articulate with coccyx?

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sacrum

56
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4 spinal curves

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  1. Cervical curve
  2. Thoracic curve
  3. Lumbar curve
  4. Sacral curve
57
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which vertebra region is the spinous process of vertebra prominens?

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C7

58
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which cervical vertebrae has no spinous process?

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C1 (atlas) -> yes

59
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C2 vertebra

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axis -> no

60
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what does sacrum attach to?

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  • The axial skeleton to pelvic girdle
  • Broad muscles that move the thigh
61
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what does adult sacrum consist of?

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five fused sacral vertebrae

62
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which structure attaches ligaments and anal sphincter?

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coccyx

63
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what does mature coccyx consist of?

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three to five (typically 4) fused
coccygeal vertebrae

64
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what strucutre does thoracic cage support ?

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thoracic cavity: thoracic vertebrae, ribs, sternum

65
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Pectoral Girdle consist of:

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  • clavicles – (2)
  • Scapulae – (2)
66
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what type of bone does arm (branchium) have?

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humerus

67
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which structure does humerus articulate with?

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pectoral girdle

Biol 348 Anatomy (25 decks)

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