Axial Skeleton APR 5 Flashcards
Bones that are longer than they are wide
Long bones
Phalanges
Bones that are equal in width and length
Short bones
Tarsals
Bones that have two layers of compact bone sandwiching spongy bone. Has a smooth/horizontal face
Flat bones
Ribs
Bones that just have a weird shape
Irregular bones
Sphenoid bone
Bones that don’t touch other bones; completely encapsulated by tendons
Sesamoid bones
Patella
Bones that are between cranial bones
Sutural bones
The number of bones in the human body
206
Feature that is a large passageway
Canal/Meatus
Feature that is a projection/bump
Process
Feature that is an elongated cleft or gap
Fissure
Feature that is a small rounded passageway, hole
Foramen
Feature that is a chamber filled with air
Sinus
3 divisions of the axial skeleton
Skull
Thoracic cage
Vertebral column (+ sacrum)
This suture runs horizontally across the skull, makes anterior and posterior parts
Coronal suture
This suture run vertically across the skull, makes left and right sides
Sagittal Suture
This suture makes a Y shape and is at the posterior of the skull
Lamboidal Suture
This suture is on the lateral sides of the skull, both sides, by the ears
Squamosal Suture
The bone of the forehead
Frontal Bone
The bone of the top of the head
Parietal Bone
The bone of the back of the head
Occipital bone
The bone of the sides of the head
Temporal bone
This bone is where your temple is, along with behind the eyes. bat-shaped
Sphenoid Bone
The bone that consists of the upper mouth, under the nose
Maxillary Bone
The bones that make up the cheekbones
Zygomatic Bone