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Axial Skeleton Flashcards

1
Q

T or F: sympathetic innervation from the whole body comes from spinal nerves

A

True, including face

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2
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Articulation

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Where two bones meet

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3
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Where does movement occur

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Articulations

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4
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What is used to classify articulations structurally

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Tissue joining articulating bones

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5
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What is used to classify articulations functionally

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Range of movement permitted

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6
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Synarthroses, amphiarthroses, and diarthroses are ________ classifications of articulations

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Functional

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7
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Immovable articulations

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Synarthroses

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8
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3 types of synarthroses

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Fibrous
Cartilagenous
Bony fusion

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9
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What joins fibrous articulations

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Dense irregular CT

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10
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2 types of fibrous synarthroses

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Sutures

Gomphosis

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11
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Type of cartilageous synarthroses

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Synchondrosis

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12
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What type of articulation is the epiphyseal plate of a growing bone

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cartilagenous Synarthrosis; synchondrosis

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13
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What kind of articulation is synostosis

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Bony fusion

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14
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How does bony fusion form

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Two bones become one

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15
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Examples of synostosis

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Skull
Sacrum
Hip bones 
Sternum
Vertebrae 
Mature long bones
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16
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What type of articulation is first costosternal joint

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Cartilaginous synarthroses; synchondrosis

17
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2 types of amphiarthroses

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Fibrous

Cartilagenous

18
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What joins fibrous amphiarthroses

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Ligament

Band of CT

19
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What is syndesmoses + example

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Fibrous amphiarthrosis

Distal tibiofibular joint

20
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What joins cartilagenous amphiarthroses

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Wedge of cartilage

21
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Symphyses + example

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Cartilagenous amphiarthroses

Pubic symphysis

22
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Another name for diarthroses

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Synovial joints

23
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4 components of all synovial joints

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Fibrous joint capsule
Articular cartilage
Synovial membrane
Joint cavity

24
Q

Synovial fluid 3 functions

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Lubricant

Shock absorbent

25
Q

What bone has petrous ridge

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Temporal bone (interior of cranium)

26
Q

What bone has hypophyseal fossa

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Sphenoid bone

27
Q

Another name for hypophyseal fossa

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Sella turcica

28
Q

Name of the ridge on the ethmoid bone

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Crista galli

29
Q

Where are the ethmoid air cells

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Lateral masses of ethmoid bone

30
Q

What part of ethmoid bone contributes to nasal septum

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Perpendicular plate

31
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Area of ethmoid bone around crista galli

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Cribriform plate

32
Q

Which bone has a greater and lesser wing

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Sphenoid bone

33
Q

Which bone houses pituitary gland

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Hypophyseal fossa

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