Axial Skeleton Pt.3 Flashcards
What is sinus?
Hallow spaces, Hollow mucus lined membrane in your skull
ID the sinus highlighted in blue
Frontal sinus
ID the sinus highlighted in purple
Ethmoidal air cells
ID the sinus highlighted in orange
Sphenoid sinus
ID the sinus highlighted in green
Maxillary sinus
ID fontanelle
Anterior fontanelle
ID the fontanelle
Sphenoid fontanelle
ID the fontanelle
Mastoid fontanelle
ID the fontanelle
Posterior fontanelle
What is a fontanelle?
Soft spot
Why babies have fontanelles?
- It allows compression of the head during childbirth to make it easier for the mother to pass the baby through
- It allows for brain growth ( during the 1st 2 years of life)
What happens when the fontanelle fuse too quickly?
It produces Craniosynotosiss
ID the bone
Hyoid bone
What two layers is the intervertebral discs composed of?
Anulus fibrosus & Nucleus pulposus
What is a hernia?
A hernia is just when one tissue pushes
through another that it shouldn’t.
ID the specific vertebrae
atlas (C1) cervical vertebrae
ID the VERTEBRAE
axis (C2)
What makes the cervical vertebrae unique from other types of vertebrae?
It has a foramen in each transverse process
ID the bone
occipital bone
ID the bone
frontal bone
ID the bone
Temporal bone
ID the bone
Zygomatic bone
What vertebrae is closer to the neck?
Cervical vertebrae
How many vertebrae does the cervical curvature have?
7 vertebrae
How many vertebrae does the Thoracic curvature have?
12 vertebrae
How many vertebrae does the Lumbar curvature have?
5 vertebrae
ID the type of vertebra. Provide anatomical justification & Inferior spinous process
Thoracic vertebrae . It has Costal facet
ID the vertebrae. Provide anatomical justification
Cervical vertebrae. 2 transverse foremen & bifurcated spinous foramen
ID the type of vertebrae. Provide an anatomical justification.
Lumbar vertebrae. It has a large body
ID the bone
Sacrum
